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PoliticsIgbo Mandate Congress Condoles With Shiites , Seeks Release Of Zakzaky by Onyocha(op): 9:20am On Dec 24, 2015
Igbo mandate Congress condoles with Shiites over massacre, seeks release of Zakzaky

Posted by Adewole Martins on December 22, 2015 in News | Leave a response

Igbo mandate Congress condoles with Shiites over massacre, seeks release of Zakzaky


Igbo Mandate Congress wishes to officially condole with families of massacred members of Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, over the massacre of Zaria where estimated one thousand persons Shiite Muslims met untimely death.

Igbo Mandate Congress, IMC had previously condemned the massacre especially when it was suspected that the death loll was ninety. Reports have shown that estimated one thousand persons were victims of the massacre, including the three children of Sheikh Zakzaky, leader of the sect.

Igbo Mandate Congress views with outrage a situation whereby out of eight children of a religious leader, six were killed by the Nigerian Army over incidences which patience and dialogue could have resolved.

IMC also noted that even the wounded were abducted from the hospitals and their whereabouts still unknown while the leader of the sect is still in military custody, instead of getting the best of medical attention.

IMC wishes to state that the officers and men of the Nigerian Army should be taught the modern rules of dealing with civilian altercations, and should know that the frequent release of bullets is now outdated.

IMC demands that the military should accept that they reacted over the issue and take corrective actions to avoid a future repeat of this ugly incidence.

IMC also demands that President Buhari should also accept responsibility for these military excesses as Commander-in Chief of Nigerian Armed Forces and lead a delegation that should apologize to the sect for the excesses of his men.

Igbo Mandate Congress wishes to convey deep felt sympathy for this endangered sect in Nigeria, especially the family of the sect leader who have lost six out of eight children to the excesses of the military. and demands the release of Sheikh Zakzaky and other detained sect members for proper medical treatment. Igbo Mandate Congress advises the Sunni Muslims in Nigeria to live at peace with their Shiite brothers and not emulate the schisms and dissension which had polarized the Middle East, turning it into a constant war zone.

Igbo Mandate Congress had earlier on Saturday in a joint statement with Christian Association of Nigeria, South East, called for the release of detained Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, especially after the courts have granted him reprieve. IMC finds it disturbing that a fresh charge has been preferred against him, and asks the security authorities to release him without delay.

IMC once again seeks justice over 20 murdered IPOB protesters at Onitsha and demands that abducted corpses be released to their relatives for proper burial.

Being a statement by Rev. Obinna Akukwe, the Director General of the Igbo Mandate Congress.

Copyright The Eagle Online.
Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.theeagleonline.com.ng as the source.

http://theeagleonline.com.ng/igbo-mandate-congress-condoles-with-shiites-over-massacre-seeks-release-of-zakzaky/
PoliticsFalana On Zaria: Nigerian Military Set Up By Colonialists To Terrorize Citizens by Onyocha(op): 8:42pm On Dec 23, 2015
Zaria Massacre: Nigerian Military set up by Colonialists to Terrorize Citizens--Falana HR Activist

Wednesday, 23 December 2015 07:54

Nigerian Lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana, commented on the ChannelsTv breakfast show Yesterday morning that he was seriously disappointed that the Nigerian Presidency had thus far failed to condemn the undue massacre of civilians in Zaria.

At least 200 and by some accounts as many as 1000 Shia Muslims were massacred by the Nigerian army under command of Chief of Army Staff Lt. General Buratai on December 12th to 13th.

Femi Falana said that he was happy to see that President Buhari joined the world in condemning the France massacre but has refused to do so to this serious massacre at home.

He explained that the Nigerian Police calls itself a “force,” whereas in other countries it is called a “department.” He explained that the army views civilians as “bloody civilians,” and as such massacres civilians at every opportunity as the colonialist trained them: to terrorize and extort citizens.

He said the same attitude was experienced in Odi massacra, Zaki Biam, in Zaria wiht the Shia and in Igbo states recently during the Radio Biafra protests.

Falana recommended that while the Federal government alone paid compensation when the government loses in court cases and pay damages, the officers must also be charged to pay out of the damages to instill a new mentality and sense of responsibility in the nation’s security agencies.

He further said “Human rights” courses were lacking and must be introduced into Nigerian military schools.

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEZgLeoHDro

http://islamicmovement.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2272:falana-hr-activist-on-zaria-massacre&catid=41:frontpage
PoliticsRe: Protest In US, Canada,India Over Shiite Leader's arrest In Nigeria by Onyocha: 6:31pm On Dec 23, 2015
kettykings:
This government is becoming very popular for human rights violations just 6 months into the administration and there has been a countless number of unarmed protesters shooting and disobedience to court proceedings.
HERE IS THE FULL REPORT BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH FROM THEIR OWN WEBSITE

https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/12/22/nigeria-army-attack-shia-unjustified
PoliticsRe: Zaria Massacre: Falana Wants Army Chief, Buratai, Others Prosecuted by Onyocha: 6:24pm On Dec 23, 2015
Oladimejy:
For christ sake this people are terrorist
terrorists dont block roads and openly hold religious processions.
PoliticsRe: Zaria Massacre: Falana Wants Army Chief, Buratai, Others Prosecuted by Onyocha: 6:22pm On Dec 23, 2015
Onyocha:
HERE IS THE FULL REPORT BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH FROM THEIR OWN WEBSITE

https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/12/22/nigeria-army-attack-shia-unjustified
PoliticsRe: Witness Accounts Of The Shiites Massacre In Kaduna by Onyocha: 6:13pm On Dec 23, 2015
HERE IS THE FULL REPORT BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH FROM THEIR OWN WEBSITE

https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/12/22/nigeria-army-attack-shia-unjustified
PoliticsRe: Must Read!!! Eye Witnesses Account On Shiites Massacre. by Onyocha: 4:31pm On Dec 23, 2015

HERE IS THE FULL REPORT BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH FROM THEIR OWN WEBSITE

https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/12/22/nigeria-army-attack-shia-unjustified
PoliticsFull Report Of Human Rights Watch On The Zaria Killings by Onyocha(op): 4:28pm On Dec 23, 2015
PoliticsRe: Must Read!!! Eye Witnesses Account On Shiites Massacre. by Onyocha: 4:06pm On Dec 23, 2015
Rich4god:
You should know that, there is probably an intel that the security forces have that we dont knw... During Abachas time, i think he once detained there leader...
Wasn't it the same abacha who also detained fela and killed saro wiwa? Was he also having Intel? This Intel is blank cheque to commit atrocities. Are we in military/abacha regime? This Zakzaky man has been free since 1998 after abacha died. How many has he killed?
PoliticsRe: Must Read!!! Eye Witnesses Account On Shiites Massacre. by Onyocha: 3:44pm On Dec 23, 2015
To all those saying it is an unfortunate incident but the Shias brought it upon themselves. Please read the below Human Rights Watch report. It is long but a very good and detailed read.

The unfortunate incident is on the road. What took soldiers to attack the house, cemetery and mosque of the Shiites of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria led by Zakzaky? Why did they attack those different and separate locations? It's either this is an overreaction or a preplanned massacre as the report pointed out. In all cases crimes against humanity.


HERE IS THE FULL REPORT BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH FROM THEIR OWN WEBSITE

https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/12/22/nigeria-army-attack-shia-unjustified
PoliticsRe: Killed Nigeria Shias Buried In 'mass Graves' by Onyocha: 11:21am On Dec 23, 2015
finalboss:
undecided no link no picture
HERE IS THE FULL REPORT BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH FROM THEIR OWN WEBSITE

https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/12/22/nigeria-army-attack-shia-unjustified
PoliticsRe: Must Read!!! Eye Witnesses Account On Shiites Massacre. by Onyocha: 10:00am On Dec 23, 2015
HERE IS THE FULL REPORT BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH FROM THEIR OWN WEBSITE

https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/12/22/nigeria-army-attack-shia-unjustified
PoliticsRe: Zaria Massacre: Human Rights Group Publishes Witnesses Accounts,over 300 Killed by Onyocha: 9:56am On Dec 23, 2015
HERE IS THE FULL REPORT BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH FROM THEIR OWN WEBSITE

https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/12/22/nigeria-army-attack-shia-unjustified
PoliticsRe: Human Rights Watch Report On Zaria Killings: Army Killings Unjustified by Onyocha: 9:53am On Dec 23, 2015
Very detailed and sad account.
PoliticsRe: “I Am Fighting Tears” Youth Minister Dalung Says Zaria Killings Is Injustice by Onyocha: 8:34pm On Dec 22, 2015
Front page

Cc: lalasticlala
PoliticsRe: Sack And Prosecute Buratai Over Zaria Killings: Lagos Lawyer And HR Activist by Onyocha: 3:32pm On Dec 22, 2015
Ok
PoliticsRe: Breaking: Another Three Sons Of Zakzaky Killed In Nigeria Massacre: Rights Group by Onyocha: 12:54am On Dec 20, 2015
papparatzzi2013:
Barbaric, herd mentality and savagery actions of blocking roads that belong to all of us is not allowed in democracy. A responsible citizen is expected not to be barbaric.

If you are, you will be jailed. If you resist arrest by carrying weapons against constituted authority, you shall be sent to the world beyond to meet whatever you are worshipping faster than you deserve.

Nobody has a monopoly of madness. If you can behave in a barbaric way, the government will act with impunity to curtail your excesses.

Therefore, use your brain by not courting trouble ab initio.
aboki all of a sudden is displaying sense. for how many years have you been blocking roads in the name of friday prayers where your Sunni mosques are located? go to agege in Lagos on fridays, and precisely moshalashi alhaja, and see how how they abokis spread mats in the middle of the road, and holding whips. any passerby who is not among the worshipers is whipped and forced to turn back. hope soldiers would visit there too very soon.

you are no better than those Shia youth displaying illiteracy and ignorance. they are even better because amongst them one could see sane people who have a sense of reasoning and can behave themselves. your educated ones are even more tout-ish than your illiterate ones.
PoliticsRe: Breaking: Another Three Sons Of Zakzaky Killed In Nigeria Massacre: Rights Group by Onyocha: 12:24am On Dec 20, 2015
papparatzzi2013:
Lower animal, I can be anything I wanna be, it's none of your biz.

If you dare to stay on our roads again, we shall line you up again and re-kill you.

Dan iska.
yeah, "your roads"...because na ur papa build the road.

even if na your road, must you butcher people on the road and then follow them into their houses and prayer center? is that what your religion taught you?

God no dey sleep. ur turn go reach.
PoliticsRe: Breaking: Another Three Sons Of Zakzaky Killed In Nigeria Massacre: Rights Group by Onyocha: 12:22am On Dec 20, 2015
animal, jungle justice and impunity are not allowed in a democracy. a government cannot practice lawlessness.

there are things you wont understand with your backward jungle mentality.
PoliticsRe: Breaking: Another Three Sons Of Zakzaky Killed In Nigeria Massacre: Rights Group by Onyocha: 10:53pm On Dec 19, 2015
papparatzzi2013:
Next time they should not block our roads again.

They should also not turn themselves into a parallel government, that is above the law of the land.

You can imagine the rubbish their spokesman was saying on Channels TV, that they don't respect govt laws and policies once such contravenes Islamic teachings and the idiot has a phone, he is riding a car etc. I hope all that are in the Quran.

Brainwashed mumulicious bunch of mengistus.
Why the army is greatly blamed is because they later on launched an attack at the worship center and the sheikh's house (two separate locations) after they have shot people and cleared the road (a third separate location) for the convoy to pass.

Why did they bring reinforcements to attack a worship center and a cleric's house after the convoy had passed? Was it Zakzaky that blocked the road? Was it his deputy who got shot and killed? Was it his wife and son who were shot? Was it the hundreds of people in the hussainiyyah and house? Why did the army escalate the situation and it led to hundreds of deaths , way more than the seven they shot to clear the road. This is inexcusable brutality and the culprits must be brought to justice and punished so a reoccurrence doesn't happen and the climate of impunity ends.

Be talking trash to prove you're too wise.

Whenever you break a law on the road or street, soldiers should beat the hell out of you. And when they are through with you, they will attack your house and flog your momsy and popsy. And then go to your church and beat everyone. Say a big amen!

I'm only mentioning "flog", not even "kill". So you may realize the gravity and magnitude of the tragedy in Zaria.
PoliticsRe: Army/Shiites clash:The untold story-Daily Trust by Onyocha: 9:28pm On Dec 19, 2015
papparatzzi2013:
I will not even be inconsiderate, gullible an stup1d to a level whereby my right will be infringing on.the right of others, talkless of a COAS.

Anybody wey be say na im papa friend born am, should carry his 2 heads again to block our collective property in the name of any religion or protest. The govt has the right and must enforce that right of making them to come back to their correct senses that they are in a country that has rules and regulations.
"making them to come back to their correct sense" by killing hundreds? you must really see yourself as a genius.
PoliticsRe: Army/Shiites clash:The untold story-Daily Trust by Onyocha: 9:26pm On Dec 19, 2015
dulaman:
he was asking if zazakky was there
who is "he"?
PoliticsRe: Northern Governors Meet In Kaduna Over Shiite-Army Clash In Zaria(photos) by Onyocha: 9:18pm On Dec 19, 2015
Why the army is greatly blamed is because they later on launched an attack at the worship center and the sheikh's house (two separate locations) after they have shot people and cleared the road (a third separate location) for the convoy to pass.

Why did they bring reinforcements to attack a worship center and a cleric's house after the convoy had passed? Was it Zakzaky that blocked the road? Was it his deputy who got shot and killed? Was it his wife and son who were shot? Was it the hundreds of people in the hussainiyyah and house? Why did the army escalate the situation and it led to hundreds of deaths , way more than the seven they shot to clear the road. This is inexcusable brutality and the culprits must be brought to justice and punished so a reoccurrence doesn't happen and the climate of impunity ends.
PoliticsRe: Army/Shiites clash:The untold story-Daily Trust by Onyocha: 9:07pm On Dec 19, 2015
dulaman:
from the Video one of them was saying that zakzaky have to give them order before they will allow the chief of Army staff to pass. Even if the president comes he will not be allowed to pass.
What is your point?
PoliticsRe: Army/Shiites clash:The untold story-Daily Trust by Onyocha: 8:34pm On Dec 19, 2015
Why the army is greatly blamed is because they later on launched an attack at the worship center and the sheikh's house (two separate locations) after they have shot people and cleared the road (a third separate location) for the convoy to pass.

Why did they bring reinforcements to attack a worship center and a cleric's house after the convoy had passed? Was it Zakzaky that blocked the road? Was it his deputy who got shot and killed? Was it his wife and son who were shot? Was it the hundreds of people in the hussainiyyah and house? Why did the army escalate the situation and it led to hundreds of deaths , way more than the seven they shot to clear the road. This is inexcusable brutality and the culprits must be brought to justice and punished so a reoccurrence doesn't happen and the climate of impunity ends.
PoliticsRe: A Rejoinder To Emir Sanusi On His Malicious Insinuations On The Zaria Massacre by Onyocha: 4:50pm On Dec 19, 2015
CACAWA:
Insightful write up.
But please tell me, why does sheikh el zakzaky move with a sort of army, why does he support road closures and why does he act like a supreme leader over non members of his group, disobeying civil authorities and issuing curfews as he pleases.
What is your reaction to the series of complains by Zaria residents.
Frankly, no normal Muslim like me will consider himself a Sunni or a Shia, we all follow the teachings of the prophet as taught by any scholar of our choice...even within what you call Sunni, there are thousands of schools of thought...same as with so called Shia.
But the problem the govt has with el zakzaky is that he has turned himself into a parallel govt. or how else will someone decide to weyleigh and hold to ransom the Chief of the entire Nigerian Army. In fact, an ordinary soldier who is returning from a wR front must be feared and avoided because until after their orientation, they still see everyone as enemies to be killed. Unfortunately, the chief of army staff is directly involved in the bokoharam war and saw elzakzaky's molestation as another enemy attack...
My question is why does elzakzaky think he is only accountable to the Iranian authorities?
But yes...the army is very wrong to have opened fire on them, even on the road, let alone killing innocent worshippers in the headquarters.
But you can't blame a man who s just returning from a war zone can you?
whatever may be the answers to your questions, there is no need to waste over a thousand lives because of road block.

worse, people imagine that all the lives lost were killed on the road block incident. they were not. after the road was cleared by force and the crowd got shot, reinforcements were brought in to attack the worship center and the cleric's house. it was in the house zakzaky was shot and arrested. why did the army later on return to attack the worship place and house?

talking about road block, you all hypocrites have suddenly turned civilized for one political or religious reason or the other. when your people block roads on fridays you never complained.

if zakzaky is doing anything illegal, there are many ways to apprehend him. zakzaky travels out of Nigeria a number of times, to Iran, Lebanon, London etc. he could have peacefully being arrested at the airport with no punch thrown and no bullet fired and no life wasted.

it is however evident that the attack on the hussainiyyah and the house after the chief of army staff had passed is a planned operation. and now matter the offense the man himself committed, why also shoot his wife and son? and why use illegal and lawless means to check lawlessness? why use the military against citizens in a democracy?

if you want answers, you really have more questions to answer. and the same goes for every right thinking mind who has a sense of humanity left in him.
PoliticsRe: Shiites Having Peaceful Protest In Gombe State (Photos) by Onyocha: 3:12pm On Dec 19, 2015
crosbreaka:
many are still talking about the road block incident that only left seven people killed, and the push up general passed after the road was cleared.

People forget that the road block incident is being used to cloud what later followed. After Oga push up had passed, reinforcements were called to attack the sheikhs house and the praye center of the Shiites , both filled up with innocent civilians numbering in the thousands. A massacre has taken place in Zaria in a supposedly democratic dispensation.

Was it also the sheikhs wife and his son who were shot in his house that blocked the road?

This is painful injustice.
Nna take one bottle.
PoliticsRe: This Government Is A Government Of Sadists - FFK by Onyocha: 2:03pm On Dec 19, 2015
vislabraye:
You can see the hypocrisy. The foreign organisations are not helping matters. AI and some Nigerian fools were shouting at the top of their voices calling for sanctions against Iherijika for war crime. And what was his offence ? For killing boko haram members.
Fastforward today. The COAS are being praised for killing unarmed people. Let's assume he only killed those people on that blocked his way, it wouldn't have meant much. But he went further to kill 300 more and destroy their houses and place of worship. No one talked about this. The military only showed video of the COAS appealing to the shiites to clear the road.
No human right activist in Nigeria has condemned this action.
You hit the nail on the head.

Why did soldiers attack the prayer hall and the cleric's house after the people were shot and the road cleared and the army chief had passed?

Most of the casualties were at the hussainiyyah and the cleric's house. Acts of madness against innocent humans.
PoliticsRe: Zaria Killings: Sack Buratai Now- Sahara Reporters by Onyocha: 12:47am On Dec 19, 2015
vedaxcool:
They truly don't know how badly members of Islamic movement behave.
vedaxcool:
It is the govt responsibility to arrest them. Had the group not started such rubbish as blocking the COAS no one would have know about the group.
You first started by lying they were armed. If they were armed, how many soldiers did they kill? And where are the weapons seized? The weapons seen in the video were catapults, sticks and stones confronting heavily armed soldiers.

Then you used the excuse of them blocking the road. Why did the army attack their worship center and cleric's house after the convoy shot them and cleared the road and the army chief had already passed?

When has the penalty for blocking roads being death in this country? How many of your Sunni mosques close roads on Fridays all over the country? Were they shot at?

Finally, you want us to believe they deserve being killed in the hundreds because they were "badly behaved". Are you well behaved yourself? How many millions could be killed based on bad behavior?

Saddam got handed the death penalty for killings he committed in a village where he almost got killed. You don't react with brute force collectively against a people even when you're provoked as an authority. It is not justified. Are we living in the jungle? Or in a democracy? Impunity has no place in a democracy. The world is watching and justice must prevail.
PoliticsRe: El-rufai Bans Shi’ites, To Set Up Commission Of Inquiry by Onyocha: 11:37am On Dec 18, 2015
El Rufai talking about assassination and ambush, and then referring to the video where soldiers are seen pleading with the angry youth.i think the former claim does not hold. i did not see any ambush in that video. to "ambush" means to lay waiting to attack. there was a road block and not an ambush and clearly no assassination attempt from the parts we could see in the video released.

aside, he did not tell us why the army sent for reinforcements after the army chief had passed, and then attacked the sheikh's house and the prayer hall. that is if the road block was accidental and the youths were not reacting to the claim by the Islamic Movement that the attack on the prayer hall started even before the road block incident. El Rufai stating the prayer hall isnt legal makes one to think that the demolition was already pre-planned, and the Islamic Movement claim that the attack on the hussainiyyah (Shiite prayer hall) was before the road block could be very much true.

even if there should be demolition, why send soldiers who kill to demolish buildings when a religious occasion was taking place and many thousands of people were converging on the religious site? why didnt the police handle this? El Rufai is a trademark name for demolitions everywhere like Y'ello and MTN! and how are we to believe a building standing has been an illegal structure for many years? and did the government deny the organization permit to build that led them to put up their building in disregard of laws? the more they are telling us, the more questions we are having.

he did not mention about the fate of the dead bodies claimed today in a report to have been buried in mass graves to conceal the toll, and he did not mention about the whereabout of the sheikh and his family members. this was the same el rufai who visited Zakzaky in January in his "illegal structures". back then, when el rufai was campaigning and seeking votes and political support, he perhaps turned a blind eye that the sheikh he was visiting was using an "illegal building"!

the below are pics of el rufai in january visiting Zakzaky in the "illegal" building! tongue tongue tongue

[img]http://4.bp..com/-U9yJcHK2Gwg/VnCA7SZDXlI/AAAAAAAHrcM/0vv9TqlC8Kc/s1600/0.jpg[/img]

[img]http://1.bp..com/-dAHPkGBiESw/VnCA7yR53eI/AAAAAAAHrcQ/Hxyfh4m1VYE/s1600/1.jpg[/img]
PoliticsRe: El-rufai Bans Shi’ites, To Set Up Commission Of Inquiry by Onyocha: 11:36am On Dec 18, 2015
now that el rufai is telling us his story, should we also believe him? in september 2014, after three sons of el zakzaky were killed, el rufai posted an article on his facebook page titled:

""El-Zakzaky rejects Jonathan’s ‘sorry’"

will he post an article today titled: "el zakzaky rejects el-rufai's story"?

https://www.facebook.com/nasirelrufai/posts/10154572335820128
PoliticsRe: Zaria Killings: El-rufai Bans Shi’ites, Others From Blocking Roads by Onyocha: 10:38pm On Dec 17, 2015
now that el rufai is telling us his story, should we also believe him? in september 2014, after three sons of el zakzaky were killed, el rufai posted an article on his facebook page titled:

""El-Zakzaky rejects Jonathan’s ‘sorry’"

will he post an article today titled: "el zakzaky rejects el-rufai's story"?

https://www.facebook.com/nasirelrufai/posts/10154572335820128

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