Not less than 34 lawyers shows interest to defend suspected killers of Deborah Samuel, a 200-Level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, who was ly#ched by a mob on May 12 over alleged blasphemy.
The lawyers were at the Sokoto Chief Magistrate’s Court on Monday, May 16, to defend the suspects identified as Bilyaminu Aliyu and Aminu Hukunci.
According to PM News, the suspects pleaded not guilty to the crime and the trial judge (name withheld for security reasons) ordered the accused to be remanded at a correctional center.