Nigerian Army Breaking All Rules against Shia!

Local Editor

As the Nigerian army continues to break all the rules by continued detention of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky and many of his followers without charge since late last year, Islamic movement raised their voices.

This comes as the army killed hundreds of Shia Muslims as it detained Sheikh Zakzaky in December, while hundreds of others are still missing, believed dead or in state custody.

The heavy-handed crackdown has triggered international condemnation, with Human Rights Watch describing it as "unjustified." On Monday, the Islamic Movement of Nigeria [IMN] took President Muhammadu Buhari to task.

"President Buhari is not following the rule of law. In our own case, all the rules concerning arrest, detention, have been broken," IMN spokesman Ibrahim Musa said.

He further stated: "We asked the government ‘why should they detain someone for over 70 days without any charge and without giving access to his lawyers?'"

Zakzaky, who was shot and wounded by the soldiers, is currently jailed along with hundreds of other people.

Human Rights Watch has denounced the attack, saying "at best it was a brutal overreaction and at worst it was a planned attack on the minority Shiite group."
In parallel, rights organizations called for a full investigation into the deadly attack by Nigerian forces.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team