The Chairman of Sokoto State Ulama Forum of Izala, Sheikh Abubakar Mabera has said any lawyer who defends the Kano State singer, Yahaya Aminu-Sharif, recently convicted for blasphemy by a sharia court has renounced his Islamic faith.
Recall that an Upper Shariah Court sitting in the state had convicted Mr Aminu-Sharif of blasphemy and sentenced him to death by hanging.
The governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Ganduje, had expressed his readiness to sign the death warrant issued against Mr Aminu-Sharif, once it is presented to him.
Speaking with Nigerian Tribune in Sokoto at the weekend, the Islamic cleric reaffirmed that blasphemy in Islam attracts capital punishment, saying, “As a Muslim, the law applies to the singer”.
The cleric who is also the Chief Imam of Malam Buhari Dan Shehu Mosque in Sokoto, therefore, called on Muslim lawyers to be careful in defending the convict.
According to him, since a competent sharia court in Kano has established the fact that Sharif has insulted the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW), there is no way other than for him to subject himself to the punishment prescribed by Allah.
The Islamic cleric then called on the people to go back to their creator and seek for His forgiveness, saying, all these calamities bedevilling the country are signs of our wrongdoings.
“From all indications, God is not happy with us and we have to repent because He alone is the answer to our woes,” he declared.
