Tunde Bakare Condemns Killing Of Deborah Samuel, Calls For Justice, Unity

The Senior Pastor and founder of The Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has condemned the killing of Deborah Samuel, a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, murdered over alleged blasphemy.

Pastor Tunde Bakare, an All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential hopeful, condemned the gruesome murder while reacting to the killing of Deborah Samuel in a statement titled ‘Tunde Bakare condemns the Killing of Deborah Samuel, appeals to our common humanity, calls for unity.”

The APC presidential hopeful said nowhere in the Qur’an read by him justified killings.

According to him, there is a need for unity and respect for humanity in the country.

The statement reads, “It was with deep distress that I received the news of the gruesome killing of Deborah Samuel in Shehu Shagari College of Education, in Sokoto State. No Nigerian, and indeed, no human being, should be subjected to such inhumanity by fellow humans.

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“As a nation of diverse peoples and cultures, there are available institutional mechanisms for resolving sensitive conflicts and, no matter the provocation, no person under our laws has the right to take laws into their own hands.”

Describing the lynching of the 200-level student as horrifyingly wicked, Bakare said Deborah’s murder is a wake-up call for Nigeria to once again reflect on our common humanity and reject every form of savagery.

Dismissing the reports on the alleged attack on the residence of Bishop Matthew Kukah in Sokoto, Pastor Bakare said when the protest that followed the arrest of Deborah’s killers broke out, he reached out to Kukah to be sure he was safe.