Tuesday 19 August 2014 22 Shawwal 1435 Top Panel INTERNATIONAL LETTERS VIDEOS PHOTOS ADVERTISE POLL NEWS INDEPTH FOR THE RECORD TOP STORIES EMAIL HOME NEWS BUSINESS POLITICS SPORTS CITY NEWS COLUMNS EDITORIAL FEATURE OPINION ABOUT US PAPERS AGRICULTURE EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT HEALTH HOME FRONT IT WORLD LABOUR LAW PROPERTY ISLAMIC FORUM WOMEN ENTERPRENEURS A+AA- ZARIA KILLINGS: ZAKZAKY WRITES MILITARY PANEL Category: News Published on Monday, 18 August 2014 05:00 Written by Nuruddeen M. Abdallah Hits: 3804 Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, has sent a four-man delegation to the military panel investigating the killing of his 33 followers in Zaria during a procession last month. The Board of Inquiry, Nigerian Army Corps of Military Police, under the chairmanship of Col. Benjamin, which is investigating the killings, had sent an invitation to Zakzaky to appear personally or send a representation. The delegation headed by Dr Abdullahi Danladi met the military panel for four hours on Thursday at the Sabon Gari local government secretariat, where it presented the written response by Zakzaky. The response, personally signed by Sheikh Zakzaky and addressed to the panel chairman, said, “You invited me to either appear or send a representative to your board of inquiry ‘to unravel the circumstances that led to’ what you called ‘exchange of fire’ between soldiers and what you termed ‘followers of Shi’ah Islamic Sect’ during a procession in Zaria. “Going through these lines it appears you have already written your report before making any inquiry. You have already concluded that there was an ‘exchange of fire’ between two parties! On one part you have the soldiers and on another you have ‘followers’ of a certain ‘sect’! “Please be informed that I do not believe in sect, I have never been a member or follower of a sect, I am not one and I will never ever be. “Similarly all the thirty-three people murdered including my three undergraduate sons and over forty injured are not followers of a sect. In none of my speeches or writings for the last forty years one can deduce the idea of referring us to the idea of a sect. It will be mischief on the part of anyone to call us with names we do not call ourselves with. “As for International Quds Day celebrations participants cut across religions, faiths and ideologies. In Europe and the Americas participants include Muslims, Christian, Communists and even Jews including some Rabbis who support Palestine’s cause. In Nigeria Muslims and Christians including some pastors took part in the procession on 25th July 2014. “What took place in Zaria on that fateful day was a massacre by soldiers against citizens they were employed to protect. Anyone who attempts to cover up or justify the actions of these killer soldiers will be a partner in their crime. “While I do not expect you to be an umpire in investigating a crime committed by your colleagues in uniform, all the same, I am sending a representation of Dr Abdullahi Danladi, a University don, to be assisted by Sheikh Abdulhamid Bello, Chairman of Shuhada (Martyrs) Foundation, Dr Shuaibu Musa, a physician, and Barrister Bello Jahun, a legal practitioner.” back to top Facebook Disqus LATEST NEWS 2015: Kaduna pensioners pledge support for Yero Fayemi’s defeat caused change in anti-masses policies —Adeyeye Shinkafi to re-integrate repentant criminals One dies, 9 injured in Lagos boat explosion Court remands 6 suspected cultists in Kwara Taraba Assembly to investigate N10bn road contracts Rivers Assembly summons commissioner over Ebola Kano blames Shekarau for polio cases PTDF trains 8,000 welders Reinstated Ebonyi speaker resumes FG blackmailing doctors with sack – NMA Traditional ruler appeals to Wada over electricity NSCDC to auction seized items Taraba group alleges indiscriminate award of chieftaincy titles Minister warns against sale of voters’ cards PrevNextPage:1 / 3 AGRICULTURE EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT HEALTH HOME FRONT IT WORLD LABOUR LAW PROPERTY ISLAMIC FORUM WOMEN ENTERPRENEURS InternationalLettersVideosPhotosAdvertisePollNews IndepthFor The RecordTop StoriesEmail Media Trust Limited (C) 2013
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