Two people has been arrested by Police for allegedly killing a female trader, identified as Bridget Patience Agbaheme, who was accused of blasphemy in Kano on Thursday.
The woman was reportedly lynched after she was accused of uttering blasphemous statements against Prophet Mohammed by a mob at Kofar Wambai Market, Plastic Section.
“During the quarrel, the woman was alleged to have uttered an insult against the Prophet Mohammed and she was attacked and lynched to death by an angry mob,” a Police statement said.
It was gathered that the intervention of the police saved the situation from degenerating. Tthe husband of the deceased who was at the scene was rescued to protective custody, as her corpse was taken to the morgue. The statement said the commissioner of police directed that the two suspects be transferred to State Criminal Investigation and Intelligent Department (SCIID) for discreet investigation.
Nigerians have since taken to social media platform, Twitter, to react to the incident.
Many condemned the killing as barbaric. See some of their reactions below.
Even the PhD Gov of Kano supports capital punishment for blasphemy.
There’s no difference between Almajiris and intellectuals in the North— IKECHUKWU (@iykimo) June 3, 2016
The beheading of a woman in Kano based on allegation of blasphemy is a horrendous crime whose perpetrators must face d full wrath of the law
— servant of Allah (@alouibrahim92) June 3, 2016
Nigerian Woman Beheaded In Kano Over Blasphemy. And when the perpetrators got to heaven God said, “well done my sons. You saved my career.”
— Dr. Njakiri Damages (@DrDamages) June 3, 2016
Why would a muslim mob behead a Christain woman that engaged in a religious argument with a muslim as was done in Kano y/day?
— afrispheric (@afrispheric) June 3, 2016
We have an Emir Of Kano who was once accused of leading a mob to behead Gideon Akaluka for desecrating the Quran
— Chris10 (@Onyewechris10) June 3, 2016
So if I visit Kano and I mistakenly say that “ALLAH IS NOT MY GOD ” in a heated argument
Na so them go behead me ?Let me just stay here
— Don B (@bishopmarn) June 3, 2016
Every now and then, the positive energy of Kano gets channeled into religious bigotry. Very sad!
— Adebiyi Kayode Isaac (@CallyKayode) June 3, 2016
So a Nigerian was beheaded in Kano for blaspheming against the prophet and I can’t see any ANGER?
What is the value of the Nigerian life?
— Adeyanju Deji (@adeyanjudeji) June 3, 2016
So cos of religious argument some vagabonds beheaded an Igbo woman in Kano yesterday. See why Nnamdi Kanu calls his country a zoo?
— Awolowo (@ama5swag) June 3, 2016
We are in a democratic country and a woman is beheaded for blasphemy. What nonsense!! And their is a GOVT in Kano. This is no more democracy
— Izunna Okpala (@uzi_an) June 3, 2016
Imagine when security agents kill unarmed citizens & give their reason & d govt accepts it. Kano is just d beginning of what is 2 come.
— Samuel Nwite (@sunansammy) June 3, 2016
This Kano case is not the first of religious killings and violence in the North. Question is, is violence peculiar to a region in Nigeria?
— #JusticeForBridget (@88ideass) June 3, 2016
