On March 21, 2007, 30-year-old Christianah Oluwatoyin Oluwasesin was lynched and burnt to death by Muslim students for allegedly desecrating the Qur'an at a secondary school in Gandu, Gombe State, North-East Nigeria. 
A mother of two, Oluwasesin was assigned to supervise an Islamic Religious Knowledge exam when one of the students wanted to enter the exam hall with books. Oluwasesin collected them and threw them outside.
The students, who claimed that one of the books was a copy of the Qur'an, started to chant "Allahu Akbar" (Allah is Great) and chased her to the school principal's office.
They dragged her out of the office, stripped her naked, and stabbed her to death.
They dragged her out of the office, stripped her naked, and stabbed her to death.
They then burnt her corpse in a car, beat up the school principal, a Muslim, for offering refuge to her, and burnt down three classroom blocks, the school clinic, the administrative block, and the library.
The marauding students were between the ages of 12 and 14 years old and were supposedly joined by members of a gang called Yan Kalare.
Gombe State Governor Mohammed Danjuma Goje ordered the immediate closure of all secondary schools in the state and the deployment of soldiers...
Gombe State Governor Mohammed Danjuma Goje ordered the immediate closure of all secondary schools in the state and the deployment of soldiers...
...and policemen to strategic points in the state, especially churches.
Three persons were arrested in connection with the murder. They were arraigned before the Federal High Court, Gombe, which had not yet delivered judgment on the matter to this very day. #HistoryVille
Three persons were arrested in connection with the murder. They were arraigned before the Federal High Court, Gombe, which had not yet delivered judgment on the matter to this very day. #HistoryVille
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