The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) under the leadership of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has condemned the horrific mob lynching of Ummulkhair at Maraban Jos in Igabi local government area of Kaduna state.
The Sultan, who expressed shock over the incident, warned against Nigeria’s descent into lawless barbarism.
In a statement issued by JNI Secretary-General, Prof. Khalid Abubakar Aliyu, on Sunday, the Sultan described the mob action as ungodly and demanded justice.
The Sultan, while calling for an immediate and transparent investigation, said security agencies must launch a sincere, impartial, and transparent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the killing.
According to the statement, every individual directly or indirectly involved in the lynching must be identified and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Parts of the statement read, “”Jama’atu’ Nasril Islam (JNI) under the leadership of its President-General, His Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad’ Abubakar, CFR, mni, received with profound shock, immense grief, and utter disbelief the deeply disturbing news of the gruesome mob lynching of Ummulkhair at Mararaban Jos, Kaduna state, an incident which has once again exposed the frightening collapse of moral restraint, the dangerous spread of misinformation, and the alarming normalisation of jungle justice in the Nigerian state. Indeed, human life in Nigeria has been reduced to nothing with the increasing stains of blood on the Nigerian shore”
“Investigation of police complicity: Particularly disturbing allegations surrounding the conduct of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the Nigeria Police Force, Mararaban Jos Division, who reportedly surrendered the victim to the angry mob, instead of guaranteeing her constitutional protection”
JNI further stated, “If investigations confirm negligence, misconduct, or deliberate complicity, JNI demands that all officers involved directly or indirectly be prosecuted accordingly and be made to face the full consequences of the law, as the duty of law enforcement is the protection of life, never surrendering citizens to mob violence.
“Due compensation (Diyya) to the bereaved family be made, for equity, justice and foreclosing of any possibility of vengeance or reprisal. Calls on the Kaduna State government and relevant authorities to take humane, sincere, and lasting steps to cushion the grief and hardship currently faced by the bereaved family, by way of taking responsibility for educating Ummulkair’s daughters and other children, and the interventions must not be symbolic, please,” the statement added.
