
Deborah, a 200-level Home Economics student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, is said to have made a comment in her school’s WhatsApp platform which her Muslim colleagues considered to blaspheme Prophet Mohammed (SAW).
As a result, she was k!lled with stones and planks on Thursday, May 12, and her body was set ablaze.
One of the students of the college, who witnessed how Deborah was flogged, stoned to death, and burnt described the scene as the most horrible she has ever witnessed.
The student who identified herself as Rakia, gave an account of how the voice note of the 25-year-old student degenerated into an uncontrollable situation.
Speaking to Vanguard from her parents’ home in Gidan Kaya area of Sokoto State, Raki said:
'The last words from her mouth was 'what do you hope to achieve with this?'
"Deborah was my course mate. I just stepped into the class when the uproar on her voice note started.
"It was her own course mates that started it. One of them said Deborah dared them by refusing to apologise when she was asked to. It all started with a debate on the upcoming examination on a general WhatsApp platform created for our course mates. One of the students asked her how she passed the last semester’s examination and in response, she said it was 'Jesus o'
"Immediately, about three other chats came in from two Muslims and one Christian, telling her to retract the statement. Two students from other departments who overheard some Muslim boys discussing the matter told Deborah’s close friends to prevail on her to retract the statement. But she replied via a voice note on the platform 'Holy Ghost fire. Nothing will happen to me. Is it by force that you guys will always be sending this religious stuff in this group? The group wasn’t created for that but rather as a notice on test, assignment, exam, etc, not this nonsense religious posts
"We were made to understand that some young men were brought from outside before the outrage. I was in class when some of our coursemates rushed in, saying 'there is fire on the mountain o'.
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