President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the murder of a female student in Sokoto, Deborah Samuel, for alleged blasphemy.

“President Muhammadu Buhari strongly condemns the resort to self-help by the mob in sokoto, resulting in violence, destruction and killing of a second year student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Deborah Samuel, following an allegation that she had blasphemed Muhammad (SAW), the Prophet of Islam on Thursday,” the president’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu, wrote in a Friday statement.

Newsmen reported how a mob of suspected students lynched Ms Samuel for allegedly making derogatory statements about the Prophet of Islam, Mohammed.

“No person has the right to take the law in his or her own hands in this country. Violence has and never will solve any problem,” said the president.

Read the full statement by Mr Shehu below.

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE

PRESIDENT BUHARI REACTS TO SOKOTO KILLING LINKED TO ALLEGED BLASPHEMY, SAYS VIOLENCE DOES NOT SOLVE PROBLEMS

President Muhammadu Buhari strongly condemns the resort to self-help by the mob in sokoto, resulting in violence, destruction and killing of a second year student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Deborah Samuel, following an allegation that she had blasphemed Muhammad (SAW), the Prophet of Islam on Thursday.

President Buhari said the news of the killing of the young lady by fellow students was a matter of concern and demanded an impartial, extensive probe into all that happened before and during the incident.