The death sentence imposed on Yahya Sharif Aminu, a Kano-based singer who was convicted for blasphemy has been reversed by the court after the outcry of the international community
In a judgement passed on Thursday, January 21 by the state’s chief judge Nuraddeen Sagir, it was said that the trial was full of changes as the appellant was not given legal representation.
Sagir also said that the decision of the upper Sharia court violated section 2-6-9 of the administration of the criminal justice act.
He ordered that the case be re-tried at the same court and that the appellant should be given a fair hearing and legal illustration under another judge.
Kano singer known as Yahaya Sharif-Aminu has been sentenced to death by hanging by a Sharia court in Kano for blaspheming against the Prophet Muhammad.
