Ganduje at a meeting with the Igbo community and religious leaders of both Christians and Muslims on Friday, also disclosed the arrest of a suspected named “Alhaji Dauda.”
Mrs Agbahime, a trader at Kofar Wambai market in Kano city, was slashed by ‘Alhaji Dauda’ for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Mohammed.
At a meeting with religious leaders and the Igbo community on Friday night, Ganduje read a communique describing the killing as “illegal, unfortunate and regrettable”.
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At the meeting was chaired by Ganduje and attended by the state chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Ransome Bello, husband of the deceased, Mike Agbahime (a pastor), Islamic scholars and security agencies.
Bello said CAN is fully satisfied with the resolutions, adding that “there is nothing better any person would expect more than what you (Ganduje) have done tonight”.
The Eze Ndgibo Kano, Boniface Ibekwe, called on all civil and community leaders to put hands together to ensure lasting peace, urging other governors in Nigeria to emulate Ganduje’s initiatives in ensuring brotherly co-existence.