Tag: Mob Attack
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Violence erupts in Sokoto as blasphemy accusation claims another life
In a tragic incident that took place at the Sokoto metropolis abattoir on Sunday, a butcher Usman Buda, was brutally killed by an enraged mob after being accused of making blasphemous comments against Prophet Muhammad. It was gathered that Buda’s alleged blasphemous comments against Prophet Muhammad, triggered a confrontation with the people present. Eyewitnesses reported…
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Police shoots man to escape mob attack
A policeman, Insp. Sunday Ogundapo, the team leader of the Zonal Intervention Squad (ZIS), Obada, Ogun, had allegedly shot one Akeem Akinsanya to death in an effort to escape attack by suspected cultists. DSP Hausa Idris-Adamu, the Zone 2 PPRO, said in a statement that the police team had gone to effect the arrest of…