ANGRY MUSLIM YOUTHS BEHEAD IGBO WOMAN IN KANO OVER ALLEGED BLASPHEMY. CC @POLICENG @MBUHARI @PROFOSINBAJO.

Angry Muslims youths in Kano on Thursday evening decapitated an Igbo woman trader named Bridget Patience a native of Orodo, Mbaitoli, Imo State, over allegations that she blasphemed Prophet Muhammad. 

The victim, who was said to be of Igbo extraction was accused of blasphemy during a religious argument at Wambai market. 

The woman, who sells plastics at the local market was in the company of her husband when she was murdered.

To show how much the assailants are above the law, they paraded the head around town and no single security agencies could apprehend any among them. 

Contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the Kano Police Command, DSP Musa Magaji, confirmed the incident. 

He said  '' At about 4:30 pm, there was a disagreement between the murdered woman and some traders bordering on religion.

''The woman was said to have blasphemed Prophet Mohammed, which did not go down well with the mob.  

He said, the woman whose named he didn't disclose, was in the company of her husband when the incident happened but the timely intervention of the police saved the husband, who was immediately whisked for safety.