Police on Monday arraigned two suspects, Bilyaminu Aliyu and Aminu Hukunci, over the lynching of Deborah Samuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto State.
Ms Samuel was lynched on May 12 for alleged blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad.
Before she was lynched, Deborah was accused of blasphemy on a WhatsApp platform set up by her coursemates. She allegedly refused to retract her post after she was asked to pull it down.
The suspects, co-students of the deceased, were arraigned at a Sokoto Chief Magistrates’ Court for their alleged participation in the crime.
They pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Police prosecutor Khalil Musa told the court that an investigation was in progress. He added that Samuel’s corpse was still in a morgue at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto.
However, Samuel was buried in her hometown in Niger State on Saturday. Her father said he paid N120,000 to transport her corpse to Niger as drivers were reluctant to carry her body.
