Whitepaper: Committee on Shiites, Army clash begins work
Posted By: Abdulgafar Alabelewe, A committee to draft the White Paper on the report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by Kaduna State government to probe the clashes between members of the Shi’ites Movement and the Nigerian Army has commenced work. The nine-man panel chaired by Adamu Mohammed Mansur,…
Judicial panel slams Nigerian Army, Police, SSS for Zaria massacre of 347 Shi’ites
by Samuel Ogundipe A colossal failure of intelligence is to blame for last December’s massacre of at least 347 members of a Shi’a Muslim group in Zaria, a judicial commission of inquiry into the killings says in its report. The commission, set up by the Kaduna State government, said the…
Report On Zaria Massacre To Be Made Public After Some Information Is Edited Out, El-Rufai Says
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai announced today that the final report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the December 2015 massacre of Shiite Muslims by the Nigerian will be made public in the interest of transparency. Mr. El-Rufai made this announcement while receiving the long-awaited report form the commission.…
Amnesty urges Nigeria to ‘come clean’ over Shiite killings
ABUJA, Nigeria – Amnesty International says satellite footage and witness accounts offer damning new evidence that Nigeria's military killed hundreds of minority Shiite Muslims late last year. The Dec. 12-14 massacre in the northern town of Zaria is currently the subject of a government inquiry. The Amnesty report cites witnesses…
Nigerian Military’s Cover-Up Of Mass Shiite Muslim Killings In Zaria Exposed In Amnesty Report
by Morgan Winsor A report by rights group Amnesty International contains horrifying eyewitness accounts of the mass slaughter of hundreds of men, women and children by the Nigerian military in the northern city of Zaria. The report, which was released Friday, also details how the authorities tried to destroy and conceal…
Kaduna Govt says 347 Shiites killed by Nigerian troops given secret mass burial
The Kaduna State Government on Monday announced that 347 persons were killed during the December 12 Shiite/Nigerian Army clash in Zaria. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Balarabe Lawal, disclosed this in a government submission at the ongoing Public Hearing of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the clash.…