Youths in Sokoto State are currently protesting the arrest of the alleged killers of Deborah Samuel.
Newsbreak.ng recalls that Deborah who was a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education was severely beaten and burnt to death for alleged blasphemy.
The protesters in their numbers on Saturday morning took to the street of Sokoto, government house, Sultan’s palace requesting for the detained suspected killers to be freed.
But armed policemen fired teargas canisters to disperse the angry crowd. In the process, two persons were reportedly injured.
Eyewitnesses said the protesters became violent and started hurling objects at the police.
The protesters displayed placards with inscriptions such as, “Release our Muslim brothers”, Muslims Are Not Terrorists”, among others.
