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Ya’u Isubu Gwada speaks to journalists
By Akanji Alowolodu, Bauchi
All may not have been heard about the conviction and sentencing to death by stoning by a Sharia court in Ningi for homosexuality as father of one of the 3 convicts, 20 years old Kamilu Ya’u has said that his son intimidated and victimized.
He further alleged that his son had to answer to have committed the offence under duress as he was allegedly beaten to a pulp at the Palace of the village head, thereby forcing him to agree committing the offence.
Mal. Ya’u Isubu Gwada made the allegation while speaking to Journalists in Gwada lamenting that his family did not engage the services of a legal practitioner because they do not have the means of doing so.
According to him, “My son was not among those who committed the offense of homosexuality. It was later that those arrested implicated him to be among them. He was then arrested and charged with them”.
The old man added that, “I am sure that it was because I participated in the arrest of the two people, they decided to implicate my son in order to get even with me”.
A visibly worried Yau Isubu said that the family is doing everything humanly possible to see to it that their son was freed before the expiration of the 30 days grace for appeal given by the court.
He however called on civil and human rights organizations in the country to come to the aid of his son who is innocent of the offence considering that they do not have financial strength to pursue an appeal in a higher court.
It will be recalled that a Sharia court in Ningi on 29th June found 3 people guilty of committing the offence of homosexuality and after they pleaded guilty to the offence, were duly sentenced to death by stoning including Kamilu Ya’u.
