ICMS, Inc Reports
By Tom Okure, PhD
Date: December 16, 2015
The United States through its Embassy in Abuja has requested the Nigerian government to investigate the recent clashes between the Nigerian army and a Shi'ite Muslim sect in the northern part of Nigeria that resulted in over a hundred people killed.
Initial confrontation with the sect is alleged to have begun on Saturday with Islamic Movement for Nigeria (IMN) in the northern town of Zaria. The Nigerian Army claims it was provoked by members of the Islamic sect. The army also confirms it lost some soldiers during raids it conducted on the sect.
Major General Adeniyi Oyebade of the Nigerian Army indicated in a briefing to Newspaper reporters on Monday that the sect leader Ibraheem Zakzaky and his wife have been arrested are safe in the army custody after the army raided three locations of the sect. the sect leader Zakzaky, was taken into custody in the northern city of Zaria, in Kaduna State. The sect is protesting the arrest and demanding the release of its leader. Read more...
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