The Executive Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, has banned any form of religious protest in the state over the murder of Deborah Samuel, a 200-level student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto State, who was killed within the school premises by her colleagues over alleged blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad in a recent WhatsApp voice note.
The ban was announced in a statement issued recently by the state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Dan Manjang, who said the Plateau State administration would not condone any form of protest and warned of consequences that would be meted out to anyone who contravenes the order.
Part of the statement read: “We won’t allow the protest. There is a law banning public protests in the state and as a government, we won’t welcome any form of protest.
“We are working with security agents to ensure it does not happen. This is important so that miscreants won’t take the opportunity and hijack the protest to cause confusion in Plateau. So, if they (CAN) trespass against the provision of the law, the law will take its course.”
