Human rights activist Femi Falana is to appeal the ruling of a Kano Shari’a court sentencing singer Yahaya Aminu to death by hanging for blaspheming the Prophet Muhammad.
Kano state judiciary said it submitted copes of the judgment to Falana’s representative on Wednesday.
It comes with less than seven days to the expiration of the 30-day grace the court granted the convict to appeal the judgment.
Babajibo Ibrahim, the Spokesman of the Judiciary, said, “The judiciary received a request from Mr Femi Falana’s representative on Tuesday and certified copies of the judgment were made available to him on Wednesday.”
The sentence was passed on August 10.
On August 27, Kano governor Abdullahi Ganduje said he was ready to sign the death warrant, if the convict failed to appeal the judgment at the expiration of the 30-day grace.
Yahaya is still in custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service.
