Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, (IMN) also known as Shi’ites Islamic sect yesterday in Kaduna demanded that the bodies of their members buried in mass grave be exhumed for identification and proper burial.
IMN also called on the international community, especially the United Nations, European Union, African Union, ECOWAS and the International Criminal Court to add more pressure on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to release IMN leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, who has been in DSS custody for over 700 days now.
A member of the Free Zakzaky campaign committee, Sheikh Abdulhamid Bello, at a press conference in Kaduna, entitled “two years horrendous Zaria Massacre and the continued detention of Sheikh Zakzaky”’ said the need to exhume the bodies of their members killed by the army has become important for identification and burial according to Islamic rites.
Sheik Bello flanked by other members of the committee said: “It is unfortunate that within these two years, the Islamic Movement has continued to be persecuted and denied our religious rights.
“But we have compiled a detail report of everything that happens and submitted to the International Criminal Court at the Hague. They have since announced that they have opened preliminary investigation into the matter.”
“We call on the international community, and especially the UN, EU, AU, ECOWAS and the ICC to add more pressure on the government to live up to its responsibilities as regards to the issue of the Islamic Movement in general and Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky in particular or be prepared to be ostracized and convicted.”
