Media Group, JODER Says Sokoto Killing Threat To Nigeria’s Fragile unity

President Mohammed Buhari has been asked to use his position to ensure justice for Ms Deborah who was lynched by a mob in Sokoto, the North West Nigerian State. If nothing is done, other people with the same instinct will continue to take laws into their hands posing greater danger to the prospect of stability in the country.
The Journalists for Democratic Rights, JODER said the killing of the student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto represents a potential threat to the fragile peace in Nigeria. The Journalists for Democratic Rights, JODER said in a statement on Friday in a statement.

The group said the stoning and burning of a lady is a trait unknown to all religion and alien to Nigerian constitution that everyone in the country is bound to uphold. The perpetrators have brought sorrow and pain not only to the family of the bereaved but have also diminished the collective humanity of the country.
JODER said Ms Deborah was not given any chance to defend herself, there was no arrest or trial except that a mob passed death sentence on her through stoning and lynching.
‘These conducts are despicable. We call on the Federal Government and the Sokoto State Government to take pro-active measures to ensure justice and also to punish the perpetrators of the inhuman murder’ JODER said in the statement signed by its Programme Officer, Tajudeen Disu
Disu said given the fragile nature of Nigeria and the growing religious and ethnic distrust, killings of this nature could fuel a national crisis. The group said the killing of the lady by a mob can spark conflict in other parts of the country if not addressed with the highest form of responsibility by the government.
‘Sokoto State has been one of the most peaceful states in Nigeria which has recorded less faith induced violence. The current incidence raises the danger that several states in Nigeria may have become vulnerable to violence induced by faith.’