Emeute à Sokoto – 4 avril 2011

Riots Erupt in Sokoto, Bauchi

allafrica.com

Mahmud Muhammad

3 April 2011

Sokoto — Youths in Iraqi area of Sokoto metropolis yesterday sparked a violent protest over an alleged defilement on the Holy Qur’an.

The incident, according to eyewitnesses, came when a boy (name withheld) was discovered to have urinated on a copy of the holy around book the area. Some youth who saw the unholy act were said to have descended on the boy and severely beat him up before he was rescued by security men attached to the Sultan of Sokoto’s palace and later taken to the police for protective custody.

However, the youths was said to be still unsatisfied by the boy’s rescue and later staged a violent protest against the palace guards who had saved him.

When contacted, the Police Public Relation Office said he was yet to be briefed on the incident but promised to call our correspondent when he gets the full details of the unrest. Read more…