In Kano: UNICEF Disagree As Court Sentences 13-Year Old Boy To 10 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on the Kano state government to urgently reverse the sentencing of  a 13year old Umar Farouq, to 10 years in prison for blasphemy.

In a statement by the UNICEF representative in Nigeria, Mr. Peter Hawkins,  said the sentence is against the United Nations convention on the rights of the child, which Nigeria ratified in 1991.

A Sharia court in Kano convicted Farouq after he was accused of using “disparaging language on Allah” during a disagreement with his friend.

He was sentenced by Aliyu Kanu, the same judge who passed a death sentence on Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a musician, “for blasphemy”.

“The sentencing of this child –13-year-old Umar Farouk to 10 years in prison with menial labour is wrong,” he said in a statement.

“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.”

From: Thecable.ng

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