Zamfara Gov Fuels Religious Mob As He Vows To “Deal Decisively’ with Qur’an desecrators

Yari on Monday in Gusau the state capital told journalists after meeting with the state’s Council of Ulama Consultative Forum that the State House of Assembly would soon review its law number seven so that the culprits who allegedly desecrate the Koran would be prosecuted under Shariah law if they were arrested.

The governor was reacting to the discovery of mutilated pages of the Quran in a sewage in Gusau, stressing that those who committed the offence did so to perpetrate their evil machinations and called on the public to pray that such evil doers did not succeed in their mission.

The governor said the state had never experienced such situation especially since it launched the application of Shariah legal system in 2000.

He said the state government would investigate the motive behind the act which came to public knowledge during the last Ramadan fast.

He said while the state government would continue to encourage preaching against the act, it would also deploy security personnel to monitor possible places where the acts were carried out.

Fears have been expressed by the minority Christian population in the state that the governor’s comments could fuel extremist’s action against them.

On June 2, religious fanatics in the city of Kano killed a 74 years Christian woman trader in Kano, Mrs Bridget Agbaheme, over allegations that he blasphemed Prophet Muhammad.

Also, a Christian female preacher, Mrs Eunice Olawale, was murdered at about 5:30a.m. on Saturday, July 10 in Kubwa, Abuja, by suspected Muslim fanatics as she went for early morning preaching (Morning Cry) close to her residence. Her throat was slit, with her head rested on the bible she used for preaching.