Sheik el-Zakzaky IMN Shiite
leader
Sheik el-Zakzaky IMN Shiite
leader
We never Carry Arms, Police Kill 11 Protesters- Shiite
Group Claims
Abuja today yet again witnessed one of the worst cases of
blatant trampling of the rights of citizens ever seen in the
Federal Capital, when joint security forces consisting of both
uniformed men and officers of the Nigerian Police Force and others
in mufti, unleashed their fury on a Free Zakzaky protest by members
of the Islamic Movement.
The procession, attended by several thousands of persons, including
very young children, the aged, women and the physically challenged,
met with an extreme rage indicative of deep seated animosity the
Nigerian authorities bear for the Movement.
What actually happened was that the protesters started the
procession from NITEL junction and on getting to federal
secretariat the police cordoned off the road and started firing at
them.
A lot of people have been shot but for now we can only confirm
11 deaths, but several are injured, the figure for now stood at 30.
Though we are aware of the fact that the security agents have been
going around taking off those they killed from the streets.
Even some seriously injured persons that were taken to Abuja
University teaching Hospital Gwagwalada; the police went there and
took away about 11 people they shot during the protest.
We strongly dispute the claim by the police that the protesters
shot at them because throughout our processions we have not been
carrying any arms right from 2015 to date. It was also the police
who shot at the Reporter of Channels TV, another indication that
many innocent people were shot at by the police, including some of
their own.
In this era so social media the brutality displayed by the
police today has been captured with some pictures showing the
police setting up the bonfires and there are videos that captured
the police carting away their victims”.
SIGNED BY
IBRAHIM MUSA
PRESIDENT MEDIA FORUM OF ISLAMIC MOVEMENT IN NIGERIA
Skype: Ibrahim.musa42