The Islamic movement in Nigeria (IMN), has
given conditions to appear before the
commission set up by Kaduna state
government to look into the clash between the
Nigerian Army and adherents of the Shiite
Islamic movement in Zaria in 2015.
Nigeria’s Chief Of Army Staff was allegedly
attacked by the Shiite sect in Zaria.
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state had
earlier announced the members of a Judicial
Commission of inquiry tasked with
investigating the December 12, 2015 clash
between the Shiites and the army in Zaria.
While noting that the Movement believes in the
justness of its cause and the fact that the
events that led to the setting up of the Judicial
Commission were premeditated, they said they
will only appear before the commission if its
leader is released unconditionally.
In addition to the clause of their appearance,
the sect also asked that the Nigerian Military
and the Nigerian police make full disclosure of
the number of persons in their various
detention centers and those they took to the
various hospitals and the location of the
hospitals to enable their lawyers have access
to them.
The Vanguard reports that a statement spelling
out the conditions signed by the president,
media forum of the Islamic movement, Ibrahim
Musa.
Musa said while the IMN, has called for the
setting up of an impartial and independent
judicial commission of inquiry made up of
independent persons and members of the
international human rights community to
unravel the circumstances that led to the
pogrom in Zaria and its environs, it believes
that “the events of December 12, 2015 which led
to the massacre of its members, the maiming of
hundreds, the detention of its cadres and
destruction of its properties are premeditated.”
The movement added that the federal and
state governments are in face saving mode
regarding the gross human rights violations
that it deliberately perpetrated.
“The Movement will appear before the Judicial
Commission of Inquiry only on the following
conditions: That the leader of the Islamic
Movement in Nigeria should be released
unconditionally. The Nigerian government is
holding the leader of the Movement
incommunicado knowing that he is the custodian
of the documents of the Movement and has to
give direction to the Movement in the preparation
of its memorandum and the assembling of its
witnesses.
“The Nigerian Military and the Nigerian police
must make a full disclosure of the number of
persons in their various detention centers and
grant lawyers of the Movement access to most of
them. This is because the Movement has credible
evidence that a large number of its members are
still in detention in military facilities and detention
centers, ” the statement read in parts.
given conditions to appear before the
commission set up by Kaduna state
government to look into the clash between the
Nigerian Army and adherents of the Shiite
Islamic movement in Zaria in 2015.
Nigeria’s Chief Of Army Staff was allegedly
attacked by the Shiite sect in Zaria.
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state had
earlier announced the members of a Judicial
Commission of inquiry tasked with
investigating the December 12, 2015 clash
between the Shiites and the army in Zaria.
While noting that the Movement believes in the
justness of its cause and the fact that the
events that led to the setting up of the Judicial
Commission were premeditated, they said they
will only appear before the commission if its
leader is released unconditionally.
In addition to the clause of their appearance,
the sect also asked that the Nigerian Military
and the Nigerian police make full disclosure of
the number of persons in their various
detention centers and those they took to the
various hospitals and the location of the
hospitals to enable their lawyers have access
to them.
The Vanguard reports that a statement spelling
out the conditions signed by the president,
media forum of the Islamic movement, Ibrahim
Musa.
Musa said while the IMN, has called for the
setting up of an impartial and independent
judicial commission of inquiry made up of
independent persons and members of the
international human rights community to
unravel the circumstances that led to the
pogrom in Zaria and its environs, it believes
that “the events of December 12, 2015 which led
to the massacre of its members, the maiming of
hundreds, the detention of its cadres and
destruction of its properties are premeditated.”
The movement added that the federal and
state governments are in face saving mode
regarding the gross human rights violations
that it deliberately perpetrated.
“The Movement will appear before the Judicial
Commission of Inquiry only on the following
conditions: That the leader of the Islamic
Movement in Nigeria should be released
unconditionally. The Nigerian government is
holding the leader of the Movement
incommunicado knowing that he is the custodian
of the documents of the Movement and has to
give direction to the Movement in the preparation
of its memorandum and the assembling of its
witnesses.
“The Nigerian Military and the Nigerian police
must make a full disclosure of the number of
persons in their various detention centers and
grant lawyers of the Movement access to most of
them. This is because the Movement has credible
evidence that a large number of its members are
still in detention in military facilities and detention
centers, ” the statement read in parts.
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