Reminder: One Year After, No Justice For Miss Deborah Samuel Yakubu Three murders in three continents, same justification. By Owei LakemfaThe victims in America were eleven Blacks and two Whites; that in Nigeria was a young student, while that in Palestine was a lady journalist whose professional work was repugnant to the Israeli authorities. The murderers believe they are superior to their victims and can justifiably take their lives without any form of trial.
The murder in Nigeria was on Thursday, May 12, 2022, following discussions in a class WhatsApp group at the Shehu Shagari College of Education. A young lady had ascribed her success in the examinations to Jesus Christ. Some of her schoolmates who felt her arguments were blasphemous, went to the city to recruit other young men who invaded the school, seized Miss Deborah Samuel Yakubu, flogged and stoned her and then set her corpse on fire.
Presidents Biden and Buhari made immediate reactions to the hate crimes, strongly condemning them and sympathising with the victims. But there the similarities end. Where Biden was categorical that there is no justification for the hate crime, Buhari tried to explain why the murder in Sokoto took place.