Kano Islamic Cleric,Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara has been sentenced to death by hanging under Kano Upper Shari’a Court sitting at Kofar Kudu, Kano State, on Thursday with blasphemy.
The judgement was under Judge Ibrahim Yiola in a court session that lasted over two hours.Radio and television stations from broadcasting works produced by the cleric was also banned.
Similarly, the judge ordered the state government to confiscate the two mosques belonging to Abduljabbar.
The development arises 15 months after the trial of the cleric before the Upper Shari’a Court sitting at Kofar Kudu, presided over by Justice Yola.Kabara was tried and sentenced to death on the issue bordering on blasphemous statements against the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), an act described as capable of inciting public peace.He was charged in July 2021 by the Kano state government.