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— Dec 17, 2015 9:04 pm | Leave a comment

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai , said on Thursday that the arrested Shi’ite sect leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zak-Zaky, is no longer in the custody of the Army.

Buratai said this when he met with a delegation from the Nigerian Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) at the Army Headquarters, Abuja.

The Army chief, who was responding to the request by NSCIA to meet with the sect leader, said that El-Zak-Zaky had been handed over to the appropriate authorities for prosecution.

According to Buratai, lawlessness must not be tolerated in the society especially when a part of the country is confronted with terrorism.

“As a responsible and law abiding organisation, we will do all that we can to always safeguard lives and property.

“As for the whereabouts of the Shi’ite leader, he is not in our custody; he has been handed over to the appropriate authorities for prosecution because we don’t prosecute.

“What happened was avoidable and unfortunate, we followed the rules of engagement as enshrined in the constitution but what happened still happened,” he said.

Buratai dismissed claims in some quarters that the Army was after members of the sect.

He said that the army was only carrying out its constitutional duties.

He urged members of the public to disregard information and pictures contained in a section of the media, describing them as a false reflection of what happened.

Earlier in his remark, the leader of the NSCIA, Prof. Daud Noibi, said the group was at the Army headquarters on a fact-finding mission.

Noibi expressed the concerns of NSCIA on the Zaria incident and reaffirmed the commitment of the council to return peace to the area.

He appealed to the Army authorities to allow the delegation to meet with the arrested leader of the sect.

Noibi said the NSCIA would make efforts to douse the tension that had engulfed parts of the North following Saturday’s incident in Zaria.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Noibi was accompanied on the visit by the Secretary General of the council, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede. (NAN)

http://leadership.ng/news/484159/shiite-sect-leader-not-armys-custody-buratai

I no longer know wat to believe

They haf killed him ooooo

Am still waiting for that midget in Kaduna who accused 'Jonathan's army' of genocide when three of his sons were killed sometime last year. And Buhari who criticized the action of the military then to come out and condemn this one as well. Hypocritical lot!

Lalasticlala

Another Boko Haram Sec in the making, all it needs its just a new radical leader as the head.

Chanji

I agree that the shiites are wrong but what did Zakzakys wife and son do to the NA? This is what i want to understand

The atrocity by the army against the harmless shia movement must be condemned by all

nwaanambra1:
chai! they don kill and bury the man!
why is Nigerian Army creating so much problems for Nigeria??
We still dey battle boko haram and they are busy killing our officers now the army still go buy market for AL-shabab sect to come revenge for the death of their members!
U na don kill them for road finish e no do una, una still follow them go house to slaughter them!
common lets be sincere to ourselves, the army have no excuse whatsoever to butcher more than 200 citizens in cold blood! Haba mana!
this is why i no longer have any empathy for them whenever i hear they where killed by boko aram!
Nigerian armed forces reallyyyy need urgent overhaul - starting from burantasi himself!
NIGERIAN ARMY SHOULD KNOW SAY ABO.KI NO DEY FORGIVE! THEY MUST REVENGE NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES! NA SO THEIR LIFE BE!

Every problem in this Country called Nigeria have been caused by the Nigerian Army.

Just tell me one Problem that dont have its origin in the Nigerian Army?

Boko Haram, Corruption, Biafra, Mend, etc.

Na only Nigeria get Army?

Must they exercise their power on unarmed civilians?


Illiterate Army.

the NA always like to learn the hard way.i just pray they have not killed the man.

BTW this was PMB statement about the cause of BH

Wat pains me most is the type of obvious lies they come out with.

First u abuse us , now you call us stupid. If the army dont have him, know that the old man died from his injuries.

Bleeding from both eyes is severe.

nwaanambra1:
THEM DON KILL AND BURY THE MAN!

WAHALA OTI KPOJU! NIGERIAN ARMY RARAOOO!! (I hope i got it right sha!)


very wicked and cowardly military! only strong when they see un-armed civilians!

The abuse is worst since Buhari took Office. I am no longer sure if this is democratic rule or military dictatorship.

O ga o! The army don over am o!