An Islamic religious group, Kwara Muslim Youths, has demanded N113, 388,000 compensation from the State Government for the family of Habeeb Idris.
We should recall that, Idris was murdered recently during the Hijab crisis in Ijagbo, Oyun Local Government Area of the state.
The Chairman of the faith based organisation, Malam Abdurrazzaq Al-Amin, made the demand at a news conference in Ilorin on Monday.
Malam Al-Amin noted that the compensation is known in Islam as blood money (Diyyah).
Blood money (Diyyah) in Islam
is a compensation for blood loss. It is money to be paid to the heirs of a victim. The basic purpose of Blood Money (Diyyah) is to compensate the family of lost person financially.
Adding that, the state government should award adequate, reasonable and fair compensation to the 10 Muslim victims injured during the Ijagbo Hijab crisis.
In a statement released on Monday, Al-Amin said that the youths rejected the N1 million offered by the state government to the deceased family as compensation.
“The government should take full responsibility for the hospital bills and incidental expenses of the injured Muslims during the Ijagbo crisis,” he said.
