CEO of Sterling Bank, Abubakar Suleiman should be fired- angry Nigerians

Nigerians demand that the CEO of Sterling Bank be fired. Following Deborah’s Murder, Abubakar Suleiman

Touchaheart Nigeria reported earlier on Thursday, May 12, 2022, that a 200-level Home Economics student at Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto State, northern Nigeria, was lynched by fellow students for supposed blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad.

Deborah Samuel, a Christian student, allegedly published the inflammatory comment in a school Whatsapp group, according to this online news outlet. The kids were enraged by the obscene message, and they overwhelmed school security, beat her to death, and set her body on fire.

Deborah Yakubu told her classmates not to share religious items on the class WhatsApp group chat.

She had said before her death; “Holy ghost fire, nothing would happen to me, is it by force you guys would always be sending this religious stuff in the group, the group wasn’t created for that, but rather as a notice for when there’s a test, assignment, exams, etc, not these nonsense Religious posts.

WATCH VIDEO OF DEBORAH SAMUEL’S MURDER

“Consequently, all students are hereby directed to vacate the College campus immediately,” the school said in a statement.

The assassination of Deborah Samuel has sparked debate across social media platforms, with many Netizens decrying Sterling Bank’s corporate rascality and open disregard for the Christian race while under the supervision of a Muslim MD/CEO, Abubakar Suleiman, according to ENigeria Newspaper.

Following the death of Deborah Samuel, a young woman in her twenties, who was slain and set burned in Sokoto on Thursday, May 12, 2022, Nigerians turned to Twitter to demand that Sterling Bank MD Abubakar Suleiman be fired immediately.

Alternatively, as some sources claim, Sterling Bank equated Agege Bread to Jesus in its Easter 2022 statement. In fact, the bank wrote “Like Agege Bread, He Rose,” an allusion to both Jesus’ historical resurrection and Agege Bread’s rise.

When the incident that resulted in Deborah Samuel’s death occurred on Thursday afternoon, the tension created by the Abubakar Suleiman-led Sterling Bank “Agege Bread” advertisement had not completely subsided, and now aggrieved Christian members have resurrected calls for the Sterling Bank Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer to be fired.

The majority of Christians are undoubtedly unhappy, and no one knows how far they will go to vent their dissatisfaction. Will Abubakar Suleiman completely dodge the Christian axe throughout the story? Time will tell, perhaps.

SEE REACTIONS OF ANGRY NIGERIANS

No one was killed as a result of this. Sterling bank's CEO was forgiven. Yet some so-called youths went as far as taking their own course mate's life. How would you feel knowing that you're responsible for the death of someone that spent months running around in school with you? pic.twitter.com/vzUN0ypFcx

— Emmanuel Umoren (@eumoren1) May 13, 2022

Let check dis out pic.twitter.com/MqMHmmBCLQ

— Francis Adeleye (@FrancisAdeleye1) May 12, 2022

I am a follower of Christ, but I do not support blasphemy against Allah SWT and prophet Mohammed SAW. Blasphemy is wrong. I condemn it. I also condemn mob justice. When there is an accusation of blasphemy, it has to be judicially pursued, not violently pursued. #TableShaker

— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) May 12, 2022

People get killed thats why you hear of blasphemy against Islam. Muslims do it against Christians, often without harm. Recently, the MD of Sterling Bank made a blasphemous statement he was comfortably in his office as at today. https://t.co/lvvfRErOjA

— fred4U (@frediecruze) May 12, 2022

The reason religious intolerance exists in Norther Nig is because perpetrators of violence on religious grounds know nothing will happen. This was Sterling Bank mocking the resurrection of Christ on Easter Day. Imagine this degree of mockery, had Islam being on the receiving end pic.twitter.com/xweIeY9fq1

— Susan (@SusanHenshaw50) May 12, 2022

She just said stop posting religious contents in our class WhatsApp group which is meant for educational things. How is that blaspheming? Good night once again.

— Comrade Deji Adeyanju (@adeyanjudeji) May 12, 2022

What are the abusive words please, state them and it's comprehend…

— iβ~¥ür ®$™ (@Ibiye05) May 13, 2022

A sterling Bank advert was worse and well publicised than whatever the lady said….assuming it was about them, only God knows what would remain of the bank assets by now. pic.twitter.com/SqQeTYP9Wp

— Segun-Joseph 🚶‍♂️ (@Aremoolu1) May 12, 2022

Sterling Bank led by Abubakar Suleiman compared Jesus Christ to "Agege Bread" in its Easter message last month and no Christians blinked an eye.

Now, imagine a Christian owned that bank then goes ahead to compare Muhammed to Agege Bread.💀

They can cross the line but we can't. pic.twitter.com/qDUtbm9agx

— Iheanacho☀️💰💰 (@HopeIheanacho) May 13, 2022

I wonder what they would done with @Sterling_Bankng if the bank had referred to Mohammed as agege bread in that Stupid Easter Message!!!
Ion care if it’s 2022 or 1402BC…There should NEVER be a justification for taking human life in the name of Religion!

— Opeyemi Akinyode (@OpeyemiAkinyod2) May 12, 2022

Imagine if this Sterling Bank joke was against Mohammed… pic.twitter.com/WFZJ9OSMXk

— ONOCHIE🦅 (@whoisvow) May 13, 2022

Islamic Group, MURIC compared Buhari with Jesus.
Sterling bank likened Jesus to agege bread. All these & more yet heaven did not fall.

The barbaric killing of another in Sokoto is the highest form of inhumanity! No God will sanction that.

— NG of the Good Life 🇳🇬 (@PrideOfAPeacock) May 12, 2022

A Muslim MD of Sterling Bank ( Abubakar Suleiman ) ridiculed Jesus Christ by comparing his resurrectn to that of Agege Bread yet Sterling Bank is still operating in Naija without hitch. If it was d other way round, all branches & staff of d bank in d North wud have been deleted.

— Godfrey (@Geebaba2010) May 12, 2022

What Sterling Bank did during the Easter, if it was against Islam, the bank branches in the Far North could have been destroyed.

— Hon. Otaigbe Imadegbelo (@Imudia_se2) May 12, 2022

2. Abubakar Suleiman, Sterling Bank Managing Director. We all heard abt the 'ungodly wicked and insensitive’ controversial Easter advert post by Sterling Bank towards Christians. Christians didn't kill Suleiman or destroy any Sterling bank branches…

— Sayo (@sayobaj) May 13, 2022

Even that Suleiman idiot that runs the almost insolvent Sterling Bank that talked of Agege bread. I now wish we had asked for his head too

— Emman.eth (@ENGEE7) May 12, 2022

Watching the video of Deborah's brutal murder this morning brought tears to my eyes. What did she say to warrant her being killed in such a gruesome manner?

I can't help wonder what would've happened to Sterling bank branches if that Agege Bread Ad was about Mohammed & not Jesus pic.twitter.com/00EvaK4Iup

— The Revolutionary Seeker (WAEC) (@The_Seeker76) May 13, 2022

be firedFollowing Deborah’s Murder

The school was eventually shut down by management in an effort to prevent the situation from escalating.

“Following today’s early morning Students rampage in the College, the College Management has resolved to close down the College indefinitely with immediate effect.