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Sheikh Jabar To Die After Conviction For Blasphemy
An Islamic cleric, Sheik AbdulJabar Nasiru Kabara has been sentenced by a Kano Senior Magistrate to death by hanging for blasphemy against the Prophet of Islam.
Justice Ibrahim Sarki Yola found Sheik AbdulJabar Nasiru Kabara guilty on all charges filed against him by the state government, where he was accused of making unremarkable statements against the prophet Muhammad.
In adopting his final written addresses dated and filed Sept.20, the defendant urged the court to dismiss the case filed by the Kano State Government against him and order the state to apologise to him.
But the prosecution counsel, Mamman Lawan-Yusufari, SAN, closed the case after four witnesses testified while the defendant presented one witness and tendered 24 books and memory card evidence to prove his case.
The defendant presented himself as a lone witness.