AN ISLAMIC MUSICIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN KANO

 

An Islamic musician Yahaya Sharif-Aminu was sentenced to death by hanging for blasphemy in Kano State.


The upper Sharia court in the Hausawa Filin Hockey area of the Kano sentenced 22 year-old Nigerian singer for guilty of committing blasphemy for a song he circulated via WhatsApp in March 2020.


Report had it that he was denied access to lawyer and family members.

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