
In an interview with Press TV, Nusaiba Ibrahim
Zakzaky, the daughter of Shiites leader, Sheikh
Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, speaks about the fate of her
family members.
The blame continues on both sides, as the
Nigeria Army claimed that Shiites members
attacked the convoy of the Chhief of Army Staff,
Tukur Buratai, leaving Soldiers with no option
but to retaliate, but the group on the other hand
denied the claim. Her interview below.
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On how the clashes happened
''There was supposed to be some ceremony in
Zaria of the army and that some people did say
some slogans to them but that was it. He did
not see anybody attack them or anything like
that and they were there where the people were.
It is not like they found these army people and
did something to them. They were present near
Hussainiyyah and that is where we do some
programs there.
''The military surrounded the Hussainiyyah it
and they blew up both gates and they later set it
on fire after killing so many people.''
On number of people killed in clash
''I was told that maybe 450 were killed. But
today I was told that about 300 bodies are in
the hospital and they believe that probably
about one thousand people are dead now.''
On the fate of her father, other members of her
family
''Well right now, today they called me. I am
not completely aware of everything that
happened outside because I am only in contact
with my parents mostly and the people that are
outside the house they cannot really
communicate with us. So when my parents
called me today, my sister called me at around
12 here (Dubai time) and she told me that they
have all been shot.
''They have been left alone for a really long
time because now it has been about six hours
since they called me and I tried to call people to
get them to try to help if they are around there
because I asked if there was anybody that
helped them and they said no and they have all
been shot and there was nothing they could do.
''So I tried to contact so many people that I
know so that somebody could help them but
later, maybe an hour or two ago I was informed
by Seyed Masoud, he works in Islamic Human
Rights Commission, he told me that they were
transferred now to the barrack and they are
going to get some medical attention hopefully
but they are not sure exactly.''
On the government's responsibility
''I doubt it. I hope so but they are never held
responsible. When they killed three of my
brothers, I think, I thought like they were hoping
that people will retaliate or do some
inappropriate stuff or harm people or even
attack the military but we did not do any of
those things and I remember my dad was so
proud of how we held ourselves. We did not
attack anybody, we did ask for them to take
responsibility for their actions but we did not
want to be violent but they are fighting us as if
we have guns. We are not armed but they are
shooting us as if we are armed. They are
shooting us as if they are fighting an army. And
of course I do not know if they will be held
responsible. They have never been held
responsible for anything they do. They take
people out and kill them and nobody cares and
there are videos and evidence of everything.
On El-Zakzaky's teaching
''I mean the only thing that I could say is
because my dad is trying to get people to
understand because in Nigeria people are just
oppressed, people do not have rights, the
government does whatever they want to do, they
have the right to, as you can, see kill anybody
and nobody says anything and he is just trying
to get people to understand that they have
rights, that they should fight for their rights and
whoever, I guess, is in power and wants to
remain that way does not want that to happen
because if people understand that they have
rights and they have a choice and they do not
have to live the way they are living right now,
maybe their power is threatened.''
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