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Zaria Massacre: Residents Ask Rights Groups To Investigate Shiite Sect

Ade Adewale — Sun, 27 Dec 2015 11:49:16 +0000

Gyallesu residents in Zaria, Kaduna State have asked the human rights groups to look into the pains caused by Shiite Islamic sect led by Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky to their community . The community also urged the Federal Government to ban Shiite movement in their community and Kaduna state as a whole. The spokesperson for the community, Idris Baba, [...]

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Zaria Massacre: Nigerian Army Warns Shi’ite Movement Against Inciting Comments

Wale Adebayo — Thu, 24 Dec 2015 23:41:19 +0000

In a statement released by Nigerian Army spokesman, Col. Sani Usman and made available to our reporter, members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria are warned to desist from making misleading comments, capable of breaching public peace and order. “The Army is aware of clandestine campaign of calumny and misinformation on the incident of December 12, 2015 in [...]

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Zaria Massacre: Falana Urges President Buhari Must Bring Buratai, Soldiers To Book Without Delay

Wale Adebayo — Thu, 24 Dec 2015 13:03:29 +0000

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to order without delay the prosecution of the Chief of Army, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, and soldiers involved in the attack on the Shi’ite movement and their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, in Zaria, Kaduna State. A clash between members of the Shi’ite sect and the convoy of the [...]

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Zaria Killings: Group Condemns Illegal Detention Of Shiite Leader, Urges Buratai To Step Aside Until Conclusion Of Probe

Wale Adebayo — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 22:20:01 +0000

A non-profit making organization named “Access to Justice (A2J)” has urged the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Burutai to step aside while investigation into how the military killed Shi’ite protesters in Zaria, Kaduna State, over a week ago, was been conducted by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). A2J Director, Joseph Otteh, in statement yesterday, [...]

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Zaria Killings: NHRC Inaugurates 5-Man Panel To Investigate Army, Shiite Clash

Kunle Atiba — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 13:53:02 +0000

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has inaugurated a 5-man panel to investigate the remote and immediate causes of the clash between the Nigerian Army and members of the Shiite Islamic sect in Zaria. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Professor Bem Angwe, who inaugurated the panel in Abuja yesterday, said that the investigation became [...]

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Shi’ites Accuse Nigerian Army Of Burying Victims Of Zaria Killings To Hide Death Toll

Wale Adebayo — Sat, 19 Dec 2015 14:11:15 +0000

Shiite spokesman, Ebrahim Musa, has accused the Nigerian Army of burying the bodies of hundreds of victims of an alleged military massacre of Shiite Muslims to hide the death toll. The spokesman said soldiers took the bodies from the mortuary of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital and buried them in mass graves on Wednesday. “The Nigerian [...]

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NSCIA Warns FG, Military Not To Create Another Boko Haram Insurgency With Zaria Killings

Wale Adebayo — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 14:50:26 +0000

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has warned the Nigerian military authorities to thread softly, saying the repeated attacks on members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria was capable of plunging the country into another Boko Haram-like insurgency. In a statement yesterday, the NSCIA said that it was shocked and saddened by the fresh [...]

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