GANDU, Nigeria — Christianah Oluwatoyin Oluwasesin, a teacher at Government Secondary School of Gandu in Gombe state, Nigeria, was murdered while on her way home March 21 by Muslim students and outside Islamic extremists over claims that she desecrated the Quran. They beat, stoned and clubbed her to death and then burned her corpse.
Aluke Musa Yila, a fellow teacher at the school, told Compass Direct news service that Oluwasesin had collected papers, books and bags before an exam in accordance with school procedures to prevent cheating.
"Soon after the bags collected by Oluwasesin were dropped in front of the class, one of the girls in the class began to cry," Yila said. "She told her colleagues that she had a copy of the Quran in her bag; that Oluwasesin touched the bag; and that by doing so she had desecrated the Quran, since she was a Christian."
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