
The woman, Bridget Agbahime, said to hail from Imo State, and wife of a Christian cleric in Kano city, was said to have prevented a some Muslims from performing ablution in front of her shop in Kofar Wambai area of Kano metropolis, following which she was accused of blasphemy and the mob subsequently gathered to lynch her. The killing was said to have happened in the presence of the woman’s husband, Pastor Mike Agbahime, Thursday.
President Muhammadu Buhari, Governor Abdullahi Umar of Kano State; his Imo State counterpart, Rochas Okorocha and the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) have in separate statements, Saturday, condemned the murder.
This is also as the Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, called for calm onover the incident as he assured that justice will be done on the case.
Force Headquarters also said two suspects had been arrested in connection with the incident.