The Kano singer, Aminu Yahaya-Sharif, was accused of committing blasphemy against the Prophet of Islam in a song he circulated via WhatsApp in March 2020.
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He was sentenced to death in August 2020 by a Kano Upper Shari’a Court after he was found guilty based on Section 382 of the Kano penal code of 2000. In his letter, the lawyer urged the two presiding officers to use their offices to facilitate immediate judgement on the case at the Supreme Court. For instance, Section 262 of the Nigerian constitution states that: “The Sharia Court of Appeal shall, in addition to such other jurisdiction as may be conferred upon it by an Act of the National Assembly, exercise such appellate and supervisory jurisdiction in civil proceedings involving questions of Islamic personal law.”
The lawyer argued that for justice to prevail, members of the National Assembly must allow the Supreme Court to rule on the issue before any expansion.
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