Sheik el-Zakzaky IMN Shiite
leader
Sheik el-Zakzaky IMN Shiite
leader
Shiite Members killed at Zuba Religious procession-
Spokesperson Claims
The Islamic Movement in Nigeria has confirmed the killing of at
least two of its members at Zuba, in the outskirts of Abuja by some
soldiers of the Nigerian Army, today Saturday, 27/10/2018, who were
in a peaceful religious procession of Arba’een from Suleja.
The army went away with the corpse of one of the victims, but
the other victim’s corpse has been identified as Abdul’aziz
Maigana, who until his demise was with the members of the Islamic
Movement in Suleja.
In a press statement released by Ibrahim Musa, the President
Media Forum of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, the Movement
vehemently condemned the action of the security agents, as
“unwarranted, since the march has been peaceful.”
The statement further added, “In fact it was being rounded up
for the day, when soldiers opened fire on the peaceful marchers
without any provocation whatsoever.”
“The fact that a similar Arba’een march was conducted in Kano
along the Kano-Zaria highway for two days without any incident, is
enough a pointer to the peaceful nature of the annual religious
rites. Similar Arba’een mourning processions are currently ongoing
in Katsina and Kaduna states without any incident,” according to
the press statement.
The Islamic Movement then cautioned the security agents to stop
harassing its members, “since today is just the beginning of the
peaceful mourning march on foot, and it is expected that more
people may join the mass peaceful march, which will culminate in
the grand Arba’een day, to be marked on Tuesday, 30 October, 2018,
the same day it would be commemorated worldwide.”
“If the security agents are trigger happy, then they should save
their arms and bullets to other parts of the country engulfed in
violence, but not on peaceful marchers carrying no arms with them,”
according to the press statement.
SIGNED BY
IBRAHIM MUSA
PRESIDENT MEDIA FORUM OF ISLAMIC MOVEMENT IN NIGERIA