Muslim Youths Burn Man Alive in Abuja Over Alleged Blasphemy (VIDEO)

A man has been stoned and set ablaze by muslim youths over alleged blasphemy in Lugbe, Abuja, Siggy reports.

The lynching took place on Saturday afternoon, June 4, 2022, at the Lugbe Timber Shed, along Airport Road in Abuja following an argument over alleged blasphemy.

According to residents and members of the vigilante group, the violence started at about 1 a.m. when Mr Usman attempted to arrest a fried yam seller for exceeding allowed time in the market.

“No one is supposed to stay in the market beyond 12 a.m. That has been the rule. We all made the rules,” a mechanic, Habeeb Ayinde, told PREMIUM TIMES.

Though not at the scene when the fracas broke out, Mr Ayinde’s workshop is less than two minutes walk to where the heinous act was committed.

Before the mob action, the deceased and the fried yam seller identified as “Malam Lawan”, had engaged in a heated argument where the former allegedly made blasphemous comments against Allah.

He was said to have insisted on arresting Mr Lawan, also referred to as a Shiite cleric, for flouting the market rules even if they begged him “in Allah’s name.”

Abba Bako, a member of the vigilante group interviewed by this newspaper, said the matter was laid to rest by their intervention at midnight.

“We were all in our office around 8 a.m. when his brothers dressed in black came to change the matter.

“They were shouting that he abused Allah and before you know it, there were plenty of them at the front of our office throwing stones,” he narrated.

Mr Bako explained that they were overwhelmed by the mob despite their attempt to escape through the back of their office.

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“Those are the tyres they gathered, those were not there before. After beating him, they went into the market to get those tyres and burn him with it,” he explained.

He said some of his colleagues had to run from the scene as the mob destroyed some of their belongings in the office before the arrival of police officers.

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