The Sharia court in a judgment by Khadi Aliyu Muhammad Kani found Aminu guilty and sentenced him to death by hanging.
A Sharia council has asked the Kano State Government to immediately execute Yahaya Sharif Aminu, a musician, who alleged to have sang a blasphemous song against Prophet Muhammad.
The Sharia court in a judgment by Khadi Aliyu Muhammad Kani found Aminu guilty and sentenced him to death by hanging.
But despite the global outcry, the Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria in a statement by its General Secretary, Nafi’u Baba-Ahmad, said the Kano Government must execute the musician to deter others from engaging in same act, NAN reports.
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The statement reads, “The calls by some so-called human rights groups to pardon the culprit should not deter the state government from doing the right thing.
“This case is purely an Islamic affair, in consonance with the religion, culture and wishes of not only the people of Kano, but the majority of the population of Nigeria who are Muslims.
“The council further wishes to emphatically remind all Nigerians especially the secular human rights groups that the judgment is in line with the Supreme Court judgment.”
Recall that lawyers and civil society groups have asked the government to immediately reverse the death sentence, describing the court order as illegal and violation of fundamental rights.
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