Man recounts how he was almost killed for blasphemy in JSS 2 in Sokoto state but was saved by his school’s Vice Principal

A person has taken to Twitter to recount how he was nearly killed for blasphemy in JSS 2 however was happily saved by his faculty’s Vice President.

This comes within the wake of the grotesque homicide of Deborah Samuel, a feminine pupil of a Faculty of Schooling in Sokoto state, over blasphemy on Thursday, Could 12.

Taking to the microblogging platform, @ChinonsoOK shared his private expertise in 2007 and disclosed that he would have been killed if he had not been smuggled out of the varsity by his Vice Principal.

He tweeted,

“I refuse to remark and even learn posts from that carnage that occurred in Sokoto. The PTSD I’ve from my very own expertise in that very same Sokoto remains to be recent. My classmates in JSS2!!! had been going to behead me if the Muslim vice principal had not smuggled me out of the varsity. 2007.

I had by no means been that scared in my life. Individuals who I believed had been my associates bayed for blood. How dare I? An infidel blaspheme? I used to be 13, the boys making an attempt to kill me had been across the identical age. Sure! 13, 14, 15 year-olds. The VP hid me in his workplace and tried to calm them down.

To no avail. Earlier than lengthy, phrase had bought out of the varsity that an “infidel blasphemed” and a mob gathered exterior the varsity partitions vowing to burn down the varsity if I wasn’t handed over. Thank goodness for the bravery of that VP. He smuggled me out requested me by no means to return.”

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