An Upper Shari’a Court, sitting in Kano State, on Thursday sentenced a fiery Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abduljabbar Kabara to death by hanging.
Kabara was standing trial over balsphemous statements against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in some of his preaching sessions.
The presiding judge, Ibrahim Sarki Yola convicted the embattled cleric after he said he is convinced with all the evidence tendered by prosecution counsels, which according to him, proved their points beyond reasonable doubt.
“I am convinced that the prosecution counsel has done their part and proven their points beyond a reasonable doubt,” Sarki Yola said.
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