Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal has shed more light on
the circumstances leading to the gruesome murder of Deborah Samuel, a 200-level
student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto State, who was burnt
alive.
Tambuwal said that contrary to a general belief, operatives
of the Department of State Services (DSS) tried but could not save the late
Deborah, saying the mob overpowered the security agents.
Deborah was recently beaten to a
pulp and burnt alive by Muslim students who accused her of insulting Prophet
Muhammed via a group WhatsApp platform.
“Contrary possibly to what you’re thinking, the security
agencies, particularly the DSS, were able to get to the school on time and were
actually able to get Deborah rescued from the mob initially,” Tambuwal told
reporters on Friday as he visited Delta State to continue his 2023 presidential
campaign.
“As they were mobilising forces from the military barracks,
the police command, the mob was growing. As we speak, one of the DSS agents
that attempted to save her life is in the hospital with a broken head and the
other one had a broken hand.
“They were actually overpowered. It’s not as if she was left
on her own. There was rescue by the DSS and they were around where she was
locked into a room because they tried to really save her, but unfortunately
they were overpowered.”
Tambuwal also debunked reports that security operatives did
not respond to the emergency situation in the institution.
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