Blasphemy: Heavy security as court decides Abduljabbar’s fate

There is heavy security presence around Kofar Nassarawa vicinity along the Emir’s palace as the Upper Shari’a Court delivers judgment in the case of blasphemy against a controversial cleric, Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara, today.

The judgment is coming 15 months into the trial of the Kano Islamic cleric before the Upper Shari’a Court sitting at Kofar Kudu, presided over by Justice Ibrahim Sarki Yola.

Kabara is standing trial on the issue bordering on blasphemous statements against the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), an act capable of inciting public peace.

Abduljabbar was charged in July, 2021 by the state government.

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Daily Trust observed early Thursday that security operatives have been intensively deployed in the area around the palace of Kano’s Emir, where the court is situated.

As of 8:51am, the embattled cleric had been brought into the courtroom in the company of the operatives of the Kano correctional centre.

Journalists, civil rights activists and legal practitioners are already seated waiting for the judge to commence the proceeding.