Horror as female food seller stoned to death over alleged blasphemy in Niger

In Mariga Local Government Council, Niger State in North Central Nigeria, a female food seller identified as Ammaye was on Saturday lynched and stoned to death over alleged blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad.

The angry youths were said to have descended on her at Kasuwan Garba in the council area.

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An eyewitness narated that the late Ammaye who was a Muslim herself had a face-off with someone who is said to be her nephew.

Though, she is a well known to residents as a food vendor in the community of Igwama, it was gathered that the young man jokingly told her that he wanted to marry her to “fulfil the Sunnah” and that made the woman to make comments considered blasphemous, causing outrage among the locals, particularly the youths.

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When she was forcefully taken to the palace of the District Head of Kasuwan Garba, where the woman was interrogated and she didn’t deny her earlier statement.

Amid tension, the District Head handed her over to security agents for investigation, from where the agitated youths insisted that she must die and they began to shout war songs in Arabic.

Attempt to calm nerves by security agents protecting her was rebuffed as mob over power them and stoned to death.

Abbas Adamu, Chairman of Mariga Local Government, confirmed the development, but said calm has since been restored to the community.

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