Deborah Samuel’s Killers Should be Brought To Book

By Bishop Kenneth Obi.

Miss Deborah Samuel, a 200-level student at Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, was brutally murdered by a mob for spurious religious reasons, demonstrating how far Nigeria has fallen. The killers’ videotaping of themselves exemplifies the country’s culture of impunity. They understand that the government is far too criminally negligent to intervene. We are in a state of failure. Let us stop pretending otherwise.

We have lost our humanity in Nigeria, and the value of human life no longer means anything to us.

Deborah’s death highlights the importance of religious leaders educating their followers about the value of human life and religious tolerance. Such killings, as in the case of Deborah, should never be allowed to fester in any region of Nigeria, especially since that many young people have transformed themselves into solicitors and juries, dispensing lethal punishment on a whim and against anyone they want without recourse to the law.