The Police Command in Sokoto State has said that it has arrested two students of the Shehu Shagari College of Education (SSCOE), Sokoto, in connection with the killing of their female colleague, who was accused of making a social media post that blasphemed the holy Prophet Muhammad.
The command, in a statement issued by its spokesperson, ASP Sanusi Abubakar, said a distress call on the incident was received by the police that students were rioting over one female student, named Deborah Samuel, a level two student, who was forcefully removed from the security room where she was hidden by the school authorities and killed.
The Sokoto State Government confirmed the death and ordered the indefinite closure of the institution.
