On Saturday afternoon, a man was stoned and burnt alive in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja, over alleged blasphemy.
The incident took place inside a Timber Market in Federal Housing Estate Lugbe area of Abuja.
The man, said to be an artisan from one of the northern states, was accused of blaspheming Prophet Mohammed (SAW).
It was learnt that his accusers first gorged out the man’s eyes in one of the security posts in Timber Market where he was locked up, then stoned and immediately set him ablaze.
A stampede broke out as traders, artisans, motorists and passersby ran helter-skelter for their lives following the brutal killing of the man.
Policeman from Lugbe station arrived the scene and fired gunshots into the air for more than 40 minutes to disperse the hoodlums.