The appeal division of the Kano State High Court has set aside the death sentence passed on Aminu Yahaya Sharif, for blasphemy.
Mr Sharif, a resident of Sharifai in Kano metropolis was accused of blasphemy against the prophet in a song he circulated via WhatsApp in March 2020.
According to reports, critics said the song was blasphemous as it praised an imam from the Tijaniya Muslim brotherhood to the extent it elevated him above the Prophet Muhammad.
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His actions consequencially led to angry protestors setting the singer’s family home ablaze and led a procession to the Kano Hisbah Command’s headquarters.
A Kano Upper Shari’a Court sitting at Hausawa Filin Hockey in Kano sentenced him to death in August, 2020. A decision he appealed in September 2020.
The Executive Governor of Kano State, Umar Ganduje had indicated readiness to sign the death warrant once it completed the full cycle of the Court.
“I will not waste time in signing the warrant for the execution of the man, who blasphemed our Holy Prophet of Islam,” Ganduje said
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