Ahlul Bayt News Agency - The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) revealed the Nigerian army is using all methods to prevent the group members from talking regarding the killings of Shiites in Zaria, Kaduna state.
On Thursday, December 24, Ibrahim Musa, the spokesperson of the group in a statement criticized the army spokesperson, Colonel Sani Usman for pointing accusing fingers at Dr Abdullahi Danladi a member of the group and also a lecturer at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria over the lecturer’s hate campaign against the military.
Ibrahim Musa stated that the military seems to be involved in another form of denial of their fundamental human right of freedom of speech after the “indiscriminate killing of armless civilians, including women and children.”
The statement had it that all Nigerians should condemn the abuse of office and life-threatening disposition of the army.
The Shiite group spokesperson said the condemnation of the killings by the army in Zaria by the different human right groups within and outside the shores of the country has sent shivers into the spine of the Nigerian army.
Colonel Sani Usman, the army spokesman, had earlier responded to the condemnations by different rights groups that the military is aware of “clandestine campaign of calumny and misinformation” on the incident that happened on December 12 in Zaria, Kaduna state.
The group spokesperson further read the statement saying, “the army had earlier underestimated the responsiveness and pro-activeness of the Islamic Movement in its efforts to cover-up its mess and now that everything is coming out to the bare the army is jittery with the outcome.
“Hence, what is now left for the army and the government is to threaten the lives of those they could blame for letting the world know of their crimes instead of taking corrective measures,”
The statement said. “We see this as a signal of the army’s intent to silence anybody that dares say anything that does not portray the army in good light.”
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