Clash in Zaria - Shiites Urge Buhari To Wade Into Investigation.

Member of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Shiites have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to take over the investigation of the recent clash between soldiers and Shiites in order to ensure that justice prevail.
They also said that any investigation conducted by the Kaduna State Government and the Army may be tainted with biases.
The Islamic group issued a statement yesterday, and signed by its spokesman, Mallam Ibrahim Musa, saying, “it is now over two weeks since the Nigerian Army launched a coordinate brutal attack on members of Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN”.
According to him, some Western sources claimed “ more than a thousand people were killed by the Nigerian Army in the Zaria massacre; and the Nigerian President Buhari has been silent on the massacre until his Presidential media chat.”
Musa added: “The Nigerian President claimed they showed him a clip based on which he passed his judgment. Did he ask those who showed him that propaganda video why were those protesting youths angry? What happened to the natural laws of action and reaction?
“The protesting youths were angry because the Nigerian Army killed their friends and brothers. They killed them as if they were flies. That video clip was after the first round of killing by the Nigerian Army.”
Musa explained: “The claim by the President that he will wait for the report of the Kaduna State Government before commenting on the Zaria massacre is mischievous to say the least. The Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has already declared and made public his stance and condemned IMN and even desecrated the grave of the mother of his Eminence, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky. How can IMN get justice from such a person?”
“By these, even though the president is commander in chief of the armed forces of the federal republic, there is no effective civilian control over the military enshrined in the Constitution or any other law of the country.”
“Based on the insensitivity shown by the President, how can the IMN expect any justice from the government? The Kaduna state governor who had played a major role in the massacre and destruction of property in Zaria had since declared that the leader of the Movement was going to be prosecuted even before announcing the members of his committee of enquiry.