The governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, has said that he won’t waste a minute in signing the death warrant of 22-year-old musician, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, convicted by a Sharia court for blasphemy.
The governor told a gathering of religious leaders and other government officials at the Government House, Kano on Thursday that he was in support of the death sentence passed on the singer said to have committed blasphemy via a song he circulated through WhatsApp.
The governor said the law of the land provides that the convicted person had the right to appeal within 30 days, saying if the appeal elapses and the warrant is brought before him, he will sign it.
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He said, “The state government has accepted the death sentence verdict and the rule of law surrounding the case. I will not waste time in signing the warrant for the execution of the man who blasphemed our Holy Prophet of Islam.”
According to him, following the August 10 judgment, the convict had 30 days to appeal which ends at the Supreme Court, adding that if the singer fails to appeal the verdict, he will be killed.
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“Today (Friday), he has 12 days left to file an appeal, failure to which he will be killed,” the governor stated.
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“If he does not appeal within the 30 days, I, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the Executive Governor of Kano, will sign the death warrant. If he exhausts his appeal at the Supreme Court, I will not waste a minute to sign the death warrant.”
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