Despite calls by several Nigerians condemning the judgment of the Upper Sharia Court in Kano against a young musician Yahaya Sharif-Aminu who was sentenced to death by a court in Kano for blasphemy, against Prophet Muhammad, report has it that, has been in chains in an underground prison.
The latest report about the ordeal of a 22-year-old singer sentenced to death for blasphemy from different midiums said, he is been kept in an underground prison in the state and held incommunicado.
Although he had 30 days to appeal the judgment, but they are keeping him in the worst possible condition and has also been denied of visitors including his immediate family’s access to him as he is been kept in a solitary confinement cell known as Back Cell at the Kano Central Prison.
Recall that, Sharif-Aminu, was on sentenced to death for committing blasphemy against the Prophet of Islam in a song he circulated via WhatsApp and was accused of committing the offence in March 2020 after which protesters burnt down his family house.
Most Nigerians continue to express concern that, the boy might get infected where they are keeping him or exposed to cold. They have put a leg chain on him since he got in and he sleeps with the leg chain.
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SaharaReporters.
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