Mubarak Bala was charged with an 18-count charge and sentenced by Justice Faruk Lawan to 24 years imprisonment.
For throwing jibes at Allah (God) and Prophet Muhammed, the Muslim most revered prophet, a Kano State High Court sitting at Audu Bako has, on Tuesday, sentenced a Muslim proselyte, Mubarak Bala, to 24 years imprisonment.
Mubarak Bala, who is the president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, went viral in 2020 following his arrest in Kaduna for blasphemy against Muslim Prophet Muhamned, an offence punishable by death.
Mubarak Bala pleaded guilty to committing blasphemy, saying that his Facebook posts were not meant to cause violence but he would take caution henceforth not to repeat it.
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The guilty plea earned him the reduced punishment of 24 years jail term for an offence that is capital.
The court reminded him of his right to religion but warned that where his right stopped, that of others started, and added that there were many people with Bala’s ideology but they did go about insulting other people’s religion.
Mubarak Bala was charged with an 18-count charge and sentenced by Justice Faruk Lawan to 24 years imprisonment.
