All three reportedly denied responsibility. Under the Shariah, they would have been sentenced to death by stoning if they were found guilty of adultery. They were allowed to get away with it. Only Magazu was made to pay the penalty, reports say. The Globe and Mail published last week a two-page report filed by its reporter, who was sent to Nigeria to interview Magazu and village elders and who was assured the flogging had been postponed pending appeals by the human rights activists.
Nobody thinks the sentence is too harsh.