Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara

A Kano Upper Shari'a court sitting at Kofar Kudu, Kano State, has convicted Abduljabbar Nasiru-Kabara, a cleric, for blasphemy....

I want all my followers to know that I will die a hero and I don’t want you (the Judge) Ibrahim Sarki Yola to do me any favour or grant me leniency. I can and should be allowed to speak for myself,” he said. He should not be allowed to speak on my behalf.

The embattled Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara, a Nigerian cleric being tried for blasphemy will know his fate today, December 15, 2022.

The cleric, who was arrested and detained by the state government for alleged blasphemy, has been denied bail by a Kano Higher Shari’a Court in Kofar Kudu. Abduljabbar was charged on July 16, 2021 by the Kano state government before Justice Sarki Yola over alleged blasphemy and incitement.

A Kano Senior Magistrate Presided over by Justice Ibrahim Sarki Yola has sentenced Sheik AbdulJabar Nasiru Kabara to death by hanging for blasphemy.

The defendant, in adopting his final written addresses dated and filed Sept.20, urged the court to dismiss the case filed by the Kano State Government against him and order the state to apologise to him. The Magistrate found Sheik AbdulJabar Nasiru Kabara guilty on all charges filed against him by the state government, where he was accused of making unremarkable statements against the prophet Muhammad. A Kano Senior Magistrate Presided over by Justice Ibrahim Sarki Yola has sentenced Sheik AbdulJabar Nasiru Kabara to death by hanging for blasphemy against the Prophet of Islam.

A Kano Upper Shari'a Court sitting at Kofar Kudu, Kano State, on Thursday, sentenced to death by hanging an Islamic cleric, Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara, ...

The judgement was coming 15 months after the trial of the cleric before the Upper Shari’a Court sitting at Kofar Kudu, presided over by Justice Yola. He was charged in July 2021 by the Kano state government. A Kano Upper Shari’a Court sitting at Kofar Kudu, Kano State, on Thursday, sentenced to death by hanging an Islamic cleric, Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara, who was charged with blasphemy.

A Kano Upper Shari'a Court today sentenced controversial cleric, Abduljabbar Nasiru-Kabara, to death by hanging for making blasphemous statements against ...

I want all my followers to know that I will die a hero and I don’t want you (the judge) Ibrahim Sarki Yola to do me any favour or grant me leniency. This is the first time I am seeing him. “Deliver your judgement, and I am not asking for leniency at all.

An Upper Sharia Court sitting in Kano has sentenced controversial Islamic cleric Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara, to death by hanging.

I want all my followers to know that I will die a hero and I don’t want you (the Judge) Ibrahim Sarki Yola to do me any favour or grant me leniency. He should not be allowed to speak on my behalf. According to the charge, his statements are capable of disrupting public peace.