Since the news broke out yesterday, that the Emir of Kano has been deposed of his throne, history have been traced back to what he did as a youngster, leading an angry mob who buthchered a christian man, Gideon Akaluka for desecrating the Koran in the 1960s.
According to a post on Twitter by former Nigerian minister, Femi Fani Kayode, this shocking revelation have brought numerous reactions on the incident and a little more insight on what transpired that time.
His post explained: "Now that he that beheaded Gideon Akaluka has been deposed it is time to bring him to justice for murder. Akaluka was butchered by a Kano mob in the mid-1900's for desecrating the Koran. The deposed one led that crowd, severed his head from his body ¶ded it on a long pole.
..He was hidden from Abacha in a Sokoto prison for two years after committing this heinous crime whilst all his co-conspirators were summarily executed by the security forces. A prominent banker whose son has been convicted of Islamist terrorism in America intervened on.
....his behalf, begged Abacha and consequently he was later set free and allowed to go down south and into banking.
The full edition of this story will be told on another day".
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