![]() Who will take care of his children?” asks Buda’s father, Abdullahi Buda. It is just before Eid al-Adha, a festival that should be an occasion for joy. Photograph: Hassan Abdulsamadįorty-eight hours after the killing, only a small group of mourners are gathered around the Buda family’s compound, as being accused of blasphemy in Islam carries a significant social stigma. It offered no condolences to the grieving family. The Sokoto state government issued a controversial response condemning the killing but vowing to “deal decisively with anyone found guilty of any act aimed at degrading the personality of prophet Muhammad”. In a video clip capturing part of the attack and widely shared across Nigeria, Buda is seen flailing under blows from sticks and stones as children are encouraged to throw rocks. It was here in 1804 that the Islamic scholar Usman dan Fodio began one of the most infamous and bloodiest jihads in Africa. The sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, is the spiritual leader of Nigerian Muslims. Amnesty International, which condemned the murder, has blamed the Nigerian government for “creating a permissive environment for brutality”, while the US has urged Nigeria to repeal its blasphemy laws.īuda worked on a butcher’s stall at the market in Sokoto, a north-western state with a rich Islamic history. Troops Recover Remains of Missing Fulani Leader in BauchiĪlleged N4.It is the latest in a string of reported attacks that are raising concerns over what many regard as Nigeria’s longstanding failure to address growing religious extremism in some of its poorest communities. Sule: HURIWA Working with PDP to Hijack My Mandate Kachikwu: I Didn't Take Bribe from DiezaniorHerAlly Obaseki Warns Against Politics of Lies, Manipulation Unity Bank to Reward Frontline Staff, CustomersĬovenant University Alumni Association (CUALA) Announces 2023 Graduating Student Award Recipients Lagos-Paris Fashion and Design Accelerator LaunchedĪlleged N4.8bn Fraud: Again, Absence of Bizman, Cletus Ibeto Stalls TrialWale Igbintade Umahi Tasks ICRC on Faster Procurement Process for Road Construction ProjectsĭMO, Investors, Others Unveil N150bn Sukuk, Applaud Transformative Value Irukera: Patients' Bill of Rights Will Unravel Cause of Greatness Olorunfemi's Death Quantum Travels Marks 20th Anniversary, Re-launches Ajala.ng NDIC Warns Nigerians against Illegal Fund Managers ![]() OPS Commends FG on Removal of VAT on Diesel Utica Capital Launches Investment, Insurance Blended Fixed Income Fund NIDF Lists N92.53bn First Naira Denominated Infrastructure Fund onNGXĬentury Completes FSO Mooring to Unlock San Leon Exports Tinubu to Teachers: You Will Get Your Due Reward Under My Watch PMI Report: Manufacturing Sector Failed to Expand Output in September as Inflation Bites Hard on Businesses Shettima Seeks Bankers' Support for Govt's Digital Jobs InitiativeĬentury Energ圜ompletes Spread Mooring Installationof FSOEli Akaso Terminalĭr Emmanuel Okoroafor:Promoting, Export Trade From Africaĭespite Initial Fears, Airlines Optimistic Nigeria Will Benefit from SAATM's $4.2bn Market House to Probe N226.3bn Judgement Debts Incurred by Government's MDAs Wike Inches Closer to Joining APCas Loyalists StormPartyįG Opens Bids for New Phase of $500m World Bank-funded Mass Metering Programme Oil Marketers to FG: Our Businesses Collapsing Due to Foreign Exchange Depreciation, Bad Roads Tinubu Violated the Grundnorm of Nigeria's Electoral Laws, Says Atikuīagudu: Economic Summit to Inspire Confidence, Realisation of Country's Potential, Others
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