Monday around 4.45 pm, armed soldiers stormed Kaduna Markaz, residence of the Ameer of the Kaduna zone of the Shiite Islamic Movement in Nigeria under Shaikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, opened fire and killed one, 2 injured.
The soldiers in a while Hilux van with their commandant named Captain Sene stormed the residence and arrested one Brother who told them it was restricted residential area, not passage of vehicles.
Having released the Brother, the Captain Sene shot the three Brothers at close range and left the area.
The soldiers in another Hilux van, Operation Yaki, took strategic positions at the roundabout leading to the Markaz.
The writer of this story met the soldiers and demanded what lead to the shooting but they said nothing happened.
When I demanded to speak with their commander, they said, “You cannot speak with anyone”.
I told them that I was going to write what I saw, one of the soldiers said: “Go and write anything you want”.
Update
The Nigerian soldiers in Kaduna, known as operation Yaki have carried out an unprovoked attack on peaceful brothers of the [Shiite] Islamic Movement at their center in Kaduna on Monday the 30th of March, 2015.
During the attack a brother was shot dead while others sustained various level of injuries. Reacting after the attack Mallam Mukhtar Sahabi said ‘the soldiers have attacked us for no reason killing one and injuring others’.
Mallam Mukhtar further expressed his surprise over the unprovoked attack at the center on a people whom he said help maintain peace and order among people at various time’.
The Police DPO of T/Wada area Kaduna, who visited the center, expressed his anger over the incidence.
As the time of writing this report people are visiting the spot while condemning the atrocities. The Nigerians soldiers, who committed the crime, stationed themselves just very close the center for a more possible attack on the center.
The enemies of peace and humanity, seems to be mobilising their military forces around Gyellessu area country home of Shaikh Ibraheem Zakzaky in Zaria.
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