By Ayo Oyoze Baje
“Thou shall not kill” (Exodus
20:13, Deuteronomy 5:17)
*Deborah Samuel
“Where has our humanity gone?”
“Does human life really matter here?”
“Is religion no more your personal
relationship between you and your creator?”
“Can we really judge others on behalf of God
or Allah?”
“What
shall we tell our maker about our actions on the Judgment Day?”
These
were few of the burning questions that troubled my humid heart on the recent
cruel, callous, crude and conscienceless murder of a female student, who was a
Level Two student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Ms Deborah
Samuel, by her school colleagues for alleged blasphemy.
According to credible media reports, the late student had cautioned those who posted what she considered as “useless information” on a Whatsapp Group platform created basically to share information about their studies as she was said to have asked the sender, in a voice note shared by her fellow students, to send important information, pointing out that “this group was not created for you to send useless information.” So, how did her traducers react when she traced her good grades to the salvaging power of Jesus, the Christ?
