Sheik AbdulJabar Nasiru Kabara was sentenced to death by hanging by a Kano Senior Magistrate presided over by Justice Ibrahim Sarki Yola for blasphemy against the Prophet of Islam.
Sheik AbdulJabar Nasiru Kabara was found guilty by the Magistrate on all charges filed against him by the state government, where he was accused of making unremarkable statements against the prophet Muhammad.
In his final written addresses, dated and filed September 20, the defendant urged the court to dismiss the case filed by the Kano State Government against him and order the state to apologize to him.
However, after four witnesses testified, the prosecution counsel, Mamman Lawan-Yusufari, SAN, closed the case, while the defendant presented one witness and tendered 24 books and memory card evidence to prove his case.
The defendant testified as a lone witness.