No fewer than eight persons have been
burnt to death by a mob in Abdu Gusau Polytechnic, Talata Mafara in
Zamfara State after a student of the college was alleged to have
committed blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad.
The incident occurred monday when a male
student was alleged to have committed blasphemy during an exchange of
words with his friend, a Muslim adherent, which caused tension in the
school.
After the altercation, the student was
said to have fled to a house to hide, but the mob tracked him down and
gained access to the house, following which they set the house ablaze
along with seven other persons in the building.
The police in Zamfara confirmed the incident and immediately imposed an indefinite curfew on the town in a bid to restore peace.
The Police spokesman in the state, Shehu
Muhammad, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), in a statement
yesterday, sternly warned any person or group of persons found violating
the curfew, adding that such persons would be arrested and prosecuted.
The police also called on religious
leaders in the state to counsel their adherents to embrace peace and
eschew violence of any kind for peaceful coexistence to thrive.
The management of the polytechnic was said to have immediately closed down the institution to forestall further violence.
Culled from Thisday
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