Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, has called for the reopening of the case files of the suspected killers of Deborah Samuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto.
Author:Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, has called for the reopening of the case files of the suspected killers of Deborah Samuel.Deborah was a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, when she was attacked by a mob on the school premises and set ablaze over allegedly blasphemous comments.Advertisement
“I have three requests to make from all of us who are here. In fact, demands, on behalf of humanity. One, all the case files must be opened on all those who have been killed as a result of intolerance,” he said. “The students, who killed in open daylight in the presence of armed police and those arrested have been released. I understand some police commands made a comment that they are not expected to go and manufacture perpetrators.“The files should be reopened and all those who were killed extra-judicially in the name of religion.
Speaking further, Soyinka asked the federal and state governments to designate a day for traditionalists to celebrate their festivals just like Christians and Muslims.
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