Abduljabbar Will Spend Sallah In Prison — Kano Govt

Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara, Kano-based Islamic cleric,
will spend Sallah in prison, according to Kano state
government.

Tuesday has been set aside for the commemoration of
Eid-el-Kabir.

In a statement on Friday night, Malam Muhammad Garba,
Commissioner for Information in Kano, said the controversial Sheik
had been arraigned in court.

He said the court ordered that he should be remanded in prison
till July 28.

“Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara, the Kano-based Islamic cleric
famous for his controversial religious commentaries and statements
that are regarded as statements mortifying the companions and
sacrilegious to the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) has been charged
to court for blasphemy.”

“The development followed the receipt of the First Information
Report from the police by the Office of the Attorney General and
commissioner for justice which prepared charges against the
cleric.

“Abduljabbar was subsequently arraigned on Friday, July 16
before an Upper Sharia Court Judge, Kofar Kudu, Alkali Ibrahim
Sarki Yola, where the charges that included blasphemy, incitement,
and sundry offences were mentioned.

“After the court sitting, it adjourned the case to July 28,
while the scholar would remain under police custody until Monday
when he would be sent to prison till the adjourned date.”

Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara, Kano-based Islamic cleric,
will spend Sallah in prison, according to Kano state
government.

Tuesday has been set aside for the commemoration of
Eid-el-Kabir.

In a statement on Friday night, Malam Muhammad Garba,
Commissioner for Information in Kano, said the controversial Sheik
had been arraigned in court.

He said the court ordered that he should be remanded in prison
till July 28.

“Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara, the Kano-based Islamic cleric
famous for his controversial religious commentaries and statements
that are regarded as statements mortifying the companions and
sacrilegious to the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) has been charged
to court for blasphemy.”

“The development followed the receipt of the First Information
Report from the police by the Office of the Attorney General and
commissioner for justice which prepared charges against the
cleric.

“Abduljabbar was subsequently arraigned on Friday, July 16
before an Upper Sharia Court Judge, Kofar Kudu, Alkali Ibrahim
Sarki Yola, where the charges that included blasphemy, incitement,
and sundry offences were mentioned.

“After the court sitting, it adjourned the case to July 28,
while the scholar would remain under police custody until Monday
when he would be sent to prison till the adjourned date.”