Blasphemy: Ganduje vows to sign singer's death warrant

, has vowed to sign the death warrant for the execution of a man convicted of blasphemy in the state.“I will not waste time in signing the warrant for the execution of the man who blasphemed our holy prophet of Islam,” the governor said Thursday during a meeting with clerics in Kano.Yahaya Sharif, a musician, to death for “blasphemy”.Mr Sharif, a resident of Sharifai in Kano metropolis, was accused of committing the offence in a song he circulated via WhatsApp in March 2020.

“The man who did that confessed to being a follower of a particular Islamic sect. But the adherents of that sect rejected him right away. “Lawyers just told us that the case could go up to Supreme Court. So if that happens, I will not waste time in approving the verdict right away. And the second issue is, if the victim did not take up the case to appellate courts, I will not waste time to give the approval for the execution. I will not take more than few minutes to accept the verdict,” Mr Ganduje said.

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