Nigeria, April 2 -- Amnesty International Nigeria has tackled the federal government over failure to prosecute those who murdered Deborah Samuel over alleged blasphemy in Sokoto State, North-west Nigeria.

PREMIUM TIMES reported how Ms Samuel was lynched by fellow students of Shehu Shagari College of Education in the state in May 2022.

Ms Samuel, a Christian, was accused of denigrating the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad.

The student was stoned to death and later set ablaze by the angry mob, mostly students of the college.

Amnesty International Nigeria, in a post via its X handle on Tuesday, said it was improper that the Nigerian government failed to prosecute the murderers of the student nearly two years later.

The group expressed surpris...