Sokoto killing: UN Deputy Sec Gen Demands Justice for Deborah 

Amina Muhammed, the United Nations deputy Secretary-General, Amina Muhammed has called for justice following the killing of Deborah Yakubu in Sokoto over alleged blasphemy.

Muhammed spoke via her official twitter page on Tuesday, stating that religions should not be  misinterpreted to preach violence.

He prayed for the family of Deborah and for the repose of her soul.

Yakubu, a second-year student of the Sheu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, was lynched on the school premises on Thursday after classmates accused her of blasphemy.

On Monday, the Sokoto police command arraigned two suspects, Bilyaminu Aliyu and Aminu Hukunci, before a chief magistrate’s court in the state, for their alleged participation in the crime.

Meanwhile, the Nigeria police force, Sokoto state command, have declared fleeing suspects captured in viral video of the killing and subsequent setting on fire of Deborah Samuel wanted for culpable homicide.This is contained in a press release signed by the command’s public relations officer Sanusi Abubakar on Tuesday

He further explained that those arrested at the scene of the incident while dispersing the mob had been charged to court and that the court remanded them in prison. He said  the command has already deployed all its intelligence and on the lookout for the suspects