In marking the International Day Commemorating Victims of Religious Violence, the United States Department of State has reminded the world about the killing of Deborah Samuel.
Miss Samuel, a 200-level student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education (SSCOE), Sokoto, was stoned to death on campus Islamic extremists for alleged blasphemy on May 12 2022.
Deborah’s picture was uploaded on the website of the US Office of Religious Freedom, which is saddled with the responsibility of promoting universal respect for freedom of religion or belief.
This was done to mark the fourth US International Day Commemorating the Victims of Violence Based on Religion or Belief on August 22.
“In May, a mob brutally stoned, flogged and burnt to death college student, Deborah Samuel, in Nigeria, in an attack fuelled by hatred and blasphemy allegations, even as authorities attempted to stop it,” the US office stated on its website.
“We honour her life as we continue the work to end such vicious violence.”