President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the murder of a female student, Deborah Samuel, in Sokoto for alleged blasphemy.
Deborah Samuel, the Christian student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Wamako, Sokoto State was killed on Thursday by a mob who accused her of making a social media post that blasphemed Prophet Muhammad.
A video of the deceased being beaten and hit with sticks and subsequently burnt to death has since gone viral.
Buhari in a statement released by spokesman Garba Shehu, “No person has the right to take the law in his or her own hands in this country. Violence has and never will solve any problem.”
Buhari also directed ministries of Information and Culture, Police Affairs and Communications and Digital Economy “to work with GSM providers and tech companies to help contain the spread of false and inflammatory information through social media.”
Buhari expressed condolences to the family of the deceased student and wished all those injured a quick recovery.
