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| Scene of previous mob actions in Nigeria |
Eight
persons were killed on Monday in Talata-Mafara community in Zamfara State
following violence that erupted over alleged blasphemy by a student of the Abdu
Gusau Polytechnic, Talata-Mafara.
The
state Governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, joined hundreds of people to bury the
deceased, who were said to have all been killed when an angry mob set fire on
the house of a man who tried to rescue the student.
The
student was alleged to have made a blasphemous statement against Islam and Prophet
Muhammad and was consequently attacked by a mob.
The
News Agency of Nigeria
reported that the boy was said to have been beaten to a pulp by the mob, and
the man, whose name was simply given as Tajudeen, took him in his car and drove
him to a hospital.
Enraged
by the act of the man who rescued the student, an eye witnesses to NAN that the
mob moved to his (Tajudeen’s) house, set it on fire and killed eight persons.
The
governor, who called for an emergency security council meeting over the
incident, expressed sadness and vowed that “no stone will be left unturned
until all those behind this act are brought to book.”
NAN further reported that the police had
imposed a 12-hour curfew in the community, from 7p.m. to 7a.m. daily until
further notice, with warning that anyone caught violating the order would be
prosecuted.
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