Blasphemy in Nigeria’s legal systems: an explainer

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A court in Kano, northern Nigeria, recently convicted an atheist for making social media posts it found to be blasphemy...

However, the high court overturned the two convictions. Farouq was acquitted for being a minor. Sherif’s case was sent back for retrial.It’s worth noting that the Supreme Court of Nigeriaas a sharia offence. The court affirmed the conviction of the defendants for taking laws into their own hands by extra-judicially killing a suspect of blasphemy.

Some acts are offences under the penal code but not under the criminal code. Examples include adultery and drinking alcohol. the people of Nigeria have resolved to live as one indivisible and indissoluble sovereign nation under God.

 

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