President Muhammadu Buhari has demanded a probe into the murder of a second-year student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Deborah Samuel. It was gathered that she was lynched and set ablaze by a mob in Sokoto following an allegation that she had blasphemed Muhammad (SAW), the Prophet of Islam on Thursday. In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu “noted that Muslims all over the world demand respect for the Holy Prophets, including Isah (Alaihissalaam, Jesus Christ) and Muhammad (SAW).“But where transgressions occur, as alleged to be the case in this instance, the law does not allow anyone to take matters into their hands. “Moreover, religious leaders preach that it is not for the believer to judge the actions of another person. The constituted authority must be allowed to deal with such matters when they arise. “No person has the right to take the law in his or her own hands in this country. Violence has and never will solve any problem,” said the President.
