The leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, a Shi’te Islamic group
in Nigeria, Ibrahim Elzakzaky, has been arrested by Nigerian troops,
following a siege on his Zaria residence, PREMIUM TIMES can reveal.Inside sources in the sect’s hierarchy told PREMIUM TIMES that a top
leader of the movement, Muhammadu Turi, and the head of the medical team
of the sect, Mustapha Saidu, and several others were killed during the
siege.
The Nigerian Army and members of the sect have accused each other of
instigating attacks that led to the death of members of the movement on
Saturday.
While the Army accused the Shiite followers of attempting to
assassinate Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, the Islamic
movement said soldiers simply decided to attack “defenseless people”.
It was gathered that the Nigerian troops sustained a crackdown on the
members of the sect throughout the night as heavy shootings and sounds
of explosions were heard in Gellesu and Sokoto Road, where Hussainiyya –
the spiritual centre of the sect – is located.
Residents of the area told our reporter that they saw armoured tanks
demolishing the Hussainiyya shrine and the residence of the leader of
the sect.
A source at the military hospital in Chindit Barracks Depot of the
Nigerian Army, Zaria, told PREMIUM TIMES that they received 19 bodies of
people killed in the encounter.
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