Omar Farouk, 13-year-old Nigerian Sentenced For Blasphemy In Kano, Relocates Abroad
A appellate division of Kano State High Court had in January acquitted Farouk of blasphemy and quashed the 10 years imprisonment passed on him by the state’s Upper Sharia Court on August 10, 2020.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Feb 16, 2021
A Nigerian teenager who was sentenced by a Sharia Court in 2020, Omar Farouk, has relocated from Nigeria due to threats to his life.
A appellate division of Kano State High Court had in January acquitted Farouk of blasphemy and quashed the 10 years imprisonment passed on him by the state’s Upper Sharia Court on August 10, 2020.
Ibrahim Shauibu in Kano
Kano musician, Yayaha Aminu-Sharif, who was recently freed of death penalty passed on him for blasphemy, has filed an appeal against a retrial for the same offence.
The two-ground notice of appeal was filed at the Court of Appeal in Kano.
The appellate division of the High Court of Kano State had on January 21 quashed the death sentence passed on Aminu-Sharif by an Upper Sharia Court in August last year.
But the High Court, which cited irregularities in the Sharia Court’s previous trial, ordered that Aminu-Sharif be tried afresh by the same court.
The High Court’s judgment was delivered by a panel of two judges, comprising the Chief Judge of Kano State, Nuraddeen Umar, and Nasiru Saminu.
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A 22-year-old Kano musician, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, who was recently freed of death penalty passed on him for blasphemy, has filed an appeal against a retrial for the same offence.
PREMIUM TIMES on Monday obtained the two grounds notice of appeal filed at the Court of Appeal in Kano.
The appellate division of the High Court of Kano State had on January 21 quashed the death sentence passed on Mr Sharif-Aminu by an Upper Sharia Court in August last year.
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The Kano State Government has said that it will continue to pursue legal action against the alleged blasphemous singer, Yahaya Sharif, whose death sentence by an Upper Sharia Court was quashed due to an error in judgment.
The Court of Appeal presided over by Justice Nuradeen Sagir who is the State Chief Justice had ordered the retrial of the singer, Yahaya Sharif, at the same Sharia Upper Court but with a full legal representation.
The State Attorney General, Barrister MA Lawan, speaking after the court session, said the judgment was a victory for the people of Kano State for the fact that the appellant counsel’s claim was that the whole trial was done contrary to the constitution of the nation, because the Sharia court was not recognized by the constitution of the nation.
Ibrahim Shuaibu in Kano
The Appeal Division of the Kano State High Court has set aside the death sentence slammed on a Kano singer, Aminu Sharif, for blasphemy.
The court ordered a retrial of the case against Sharif, who had filed an appeal to challenge the sentence.
In the judgment delivered yesterday by the state Chief Judge, Justice Nuraddeen Sagir, the court held that the lower court’s proceedings were characterised by irregularities.
Sagir also ordered that Sharif should be granted full legal representation and that the case should be tried before different judge.
Sharif was sentenced to death by hanging by an Upper Sharia Court on August 10, 2020.