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Sharia Court Sentences 13-Year-Old Boy to 10-Years in Jail Over Blasphemy

Tare Magbei
Tare Magbei
Published: June 2, 2025
Last updated: June 2, 2025
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Sharia Court Sentences 13-Year-Old Boy to 10-Years in Jail Over Blasphemy | Daily Report Nigeria
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A Sharia court in Kano has sentenced Umar Farouq, a 13-year-old teenager to 10 years in jail over an alleged blasphemy, leading to public outrage.

Umar was handed the sentence after being found guilty of using “disparaging language on Allah” during a disagreement with his friend.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has however reacted to the judgement condemning it.

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UNICEF representative in Nigeria, Peter Hawkins has insisted that the judgement contradicts the United Nations convention on the rights of the child which Nigeria ratified in 1991 and also called on the Kano state government to urgently reverse the sentencing.

The statement read;

“The sentencing of this child 13-year-old Omar Farouk to 10 years in prison with menial labour is wrong.

“It also negates all core underlying principles of child rights and child justice that Nigeria and by implication, Kano State – has signed on to.

“The sentence is in contravention of the United Nations convention on the rights of the child, which Nigeria ratified in 1991. It is also a violation of the African charter on the rights and welfare of the child – which Nigeria ratified in 2001, and Nigeria’s Child Rights Act 2003, which domesticates Nigeria’s international obligations to protect children’s right to life, survival and development.”

Umar was sentenced by the same judge, Aliyu Kano, who passed a death sentence on Kano musician Yahaya Sharif-Aminu for blasphemy.

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