An Upper Sharia Court in Kano State on Thursday sentenced popular Kano Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasiru-Kabara, to death by hanging.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Nasiru-Kabara, a member of the Qadirriya sect, was sentenced to death for alleged blasphemous comments he made against the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad.
The charges were preferred against him by the Kano State government.
Suraj Sa’eda, the prosecution counsel, said the defendant committed the offence on August 10, October 25, and December 20, 2019.
Delivering judgment on Thursday, Ibrahim Sarki Yola, the presiding judge), said: “I am convinced that the prosecution counsel has done their part and proven their points beyond a reasonable doubt.”
Speaking in court, Abduljabbar said: “My lord, after I heard how you twisted all my evidence, you turned around all my submissions upside down, you have assigned words to me that I have never uttered.
“Deliver your judgement, and I am not asking for leniency at all.
“I want all my followers to know that I will die a hero and I don’t want you (the Judge) Ibrahim Sarki Yola to do me any favour or grant me leniency.
“This is my last word. Assalamu Alaikum.”
