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There were news items in many mainstream media outlets today that seek to cover a press statement issued by Amnesty International as part of activities marking the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances.
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While the Amnesty statement was loud and clear, the reports in the press however seeks to adulterate the Amnesty demand. Undoubtedly, it is the Military implants in media places doing this.
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They included some purulent words and ideas which were not part of what Amnesty put out in an attempt to rubbish and dilute what is being intended. All the talk about “firebrand cleric” and “IMN has been in conflict with the Nigerian government for years” were deliberate and wicked insertions by paid agents in the mainstream media to try explaining the cases of enforced disappearances being highlighted.
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For the avoidance of doubts, neither Sheikh Zakzaky nor the Islamic Movement in Nigeria has been in conflict with anyone. Sheikh Zakzaky leads a grassroot mass Movement that cuts across traditional fault lines in Nigeria’s geo-tribal and faith polity. If it were all about “firebrand” or “conflict” and violence, he wouldn’t have garnered the massive support he enjoys despite the use of the full might of the state against him. It is this which is actually what makes the authorities uncomfortable with the Movement.
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What the government and its military should be focused on at this material point in time is to explain what they did to the hundreds of victims of enforced disappearances Amnesty highlighted. We have produced all necessary evidence including names, photographs, ages, contact of relations and where/when each was last seen according to international standards.
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The military must account for these victims. How many did it kill and secretly buried in mass graves? How many are they still detaining in secret detention facilities across the country?
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The Islamic Movement in Nigeria reiterates its demand for the immediate release of all of its members being detained, including those in military and other detention facilities across the country. We also demand the handing over of all corpses of those the military killed, including those they hurriedly buried in attempt to hide their heinous crime, so that their identities are known, their relatives identified and the bodies handed over for proper burial rites according to Islamic injunctions.
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Finally, we join Amnesty International in solemnly marking this day and in calling on the Nigerian authorities to come out clear on all cases of enforced disappearances and bring all those suspected of criminal responsibility to justice.
©#FreeZakzaky Campaign Committee, August 2017
Month: August 2017
ZARIA MASSACRE Dec 2015: LIST OF MISSING MEMBERS OF THE ISLAMIC MOVEMENT IN NIGERIA.
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Provisional List of Missing Persons after Zaria Massacre of the IMN members
by the Nigerian Army in Dec 2015.
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1. Sumayya Isa Hassan Samaru Zaria
2. Mahmmad Bello Lukman Zaria
3. Idris Usman Sabongari Zaria
4. Muhammad Sani
5. Muntaka Sani Haruna Samaru-Zaria
6. Muhammad Auwal Tandari Potiskum
7. Babawuro Baffa 39 Nafada Gombe
8. Babawuro Baffa Abubakar Nafada Gombe
9. Tijjani Muhammad Jigawa Gagiya Guri
10. Tijjani Muhammad Gagiya Malam Madori
11. Shuaibu Kofar Fada Jigawa Malam Madori
12. Muhammad Usman Jigawa Malam Madori
13. Shuaibu Dauda Jigawa Malam Madori
14. Sawwanu S. Hamza Malam Madori
15. Khalid Abdullahi Jigawa Malam Madori
16. Awwal Abubakar Guyu Malam Madori
17. Sayyid Mustapha Lawan Nasidi Potiskum
18. Salihu Muhammad Uganda Potiskum
19. Muhammad Salihu Sakafa Potiskum
20. Usman Garba Sakafa Potiskum
21. Al-amin Abbas Sharif Potiskum
22. Muhammad Isa Adamu Potiskum
23. Muhammad Maini Abdullahi Potiskum
24. Bello Ismail (Abban Yaya) Potiskum
25. Isa Saidu M/Bukar Street Potiskum
26. Muhammad Ismail Jigawa Potiskum
27. Zakari Abdullahi Potiskum
28. Musa Abdullahi Potiskum
29. Abdullahi Hassan Potiskum
30. Umar Isyaku Potiskum Mamudo
31. Bello Samaila Abdullahi Potiskum
32. Anas Yakubu
33. Abdu Adamu
34. Musaddad Abubakar Gwenty
35. Mahdi Abubakar
36. Alhaji Muhmmad Sani Abubakar Udawa
37. Abubakar Hakika Udawa
38. Aliyu Abubakar Birnin Gwari
39. Saidu Abdullahi Udawa
40. Abdullahi Shuaibu Zaria Tudun Jukun
41. Bello Umar Maimagani Zaria Tudun Jukun
42. Zakariya Dan Marka Zaria Tudun Jukun
43. Muazu Alarama Zaria Tudun Jukun
44. Usman Musa Zaria Tudun Jukun
45. Abdulrashid Yusuf Escort Zaria
46. Saifullahi Kabir Mai Nama Zaria
47. Basiru Sani Zaria Tudun Jukun
48. Saifulddeen Umar Zaria Tudun Jukun
49. Abubakar Kasim Danlami (Alfa) Zaria
50. Anas Dahiru Zaria Tudun Jukun
51. Hassan Dahiru Zaria Tudun Jukun
52. Zaharaddeen Ibrahim Zaria Tudun Jukun
53. Rabi Maman Kubra
54. Muntaka Sabiu Zangon Aya
57. Iliyasu Muhammad Rabiu Talatan Mafara
58. Aliyu Muhammad Rabiu Talatan Mafara
59. Jungudo Umar
60. Usman Garba (Lamma) Potiskum
61. Mahdi Ismail Potiskum
62. Tijani Muhammad Potiskum
65. Muhammad Waziri Isa Samaru Zaria
66. Hassan Waziri Isa Samaru Zaria
67. Hussaini Waziri Isa Samaru Zaria
68. Fatima Waziri Isa Samaru Zaria
69. Bukhari Bello Jega University of Abuja
70. Aisha Abubakar Zaki Gwagwalada
71. Nusaiba Abubakar Zaki Gwagwalada
72. Fatima Abubakar Zaki Gwagwalada
73. Batula Buhari Bello Jega Gwagwalada
74. Abdullahi Musa Sabati
75. Ibrahim A. Danladi (Malam) Samaru
76. Ahmad Buhari Ismail Zaria City
77. Muhammad Nasir Adam Samaru Zaria
78. Muhammad Taha Abubakar Samaru
79. Mahdi Idris Umar Samaru Zaria
80. Abubakar Abdullahi Samaru Zaria
81. Shehu Yahaya Samaru Zaria
82. Umar Dauda Samaru Zaria
83. Zaharadeen Isa Samaru Zaria
84. Sirajo Ibrahim Samaru Zaria
85. Muhammad Mujahid Abdullahi Zaria
86. Yushau Nuhu Samaru Zaria
87. Muhammad Abubakar Audi Samaru
88. Yushau Muhammad Samaru Zaria
89. Mujahid Awwal Samaru Zaria
90. Umar Abdulllahi Samaru Zaria
91. Muhammad Abubakar Samaru Zaria
92. Muhammad Kabir Mansir Samaru Zaria
93. Abba Iliyasu Hayin Dogo Samaru Zaria
94. Usman Mukhtar Samaru Zaria
95. Mustapha Ibrahim Panhauya Zaria
96. Ibrahim Suleiman Panhauya
97. Mubarak Bala Zaria
98. Sulaiman Ahmad Zaria
99. Sani Abubakar Zaria
100. Usman Abdullahi Kankia Zaria
101. Hamza Isa Zaria Hayin Ojo
102. Badamasi Abdulhamid Zaria Danmagaji
103. Ibrahim Ali (Maiwashi) Zaria Hayin
104. Abubakar Muhammad (Nera) Zaria
105. Hudu Muhammad (Gambo) Zaria
106. Sagir Muhammad Awwal Zaria
107. Jibrin Abdulaziz Zaria
108. Umar Alhassan Zaria Zabi
109. Rabiu Mahmoud Zaria Zabi
110. Isa Saidu Muhammad Zaria
111. Madi Alhaji Rabiu Zaria
112. Zaharadeen Abdulaziz Zaria
113. Aliyu M. Lawan Zaria
114. Musa Sakkwato Makina Zaria
115. Umar Ibrahim Zaria
116. Mahdi Alhaji Garba Zaria
117. Gambo Muhammad Zaria
118. Nasiru Ayuba Zaria
119. Tanimu Sulaiman Zaria
120. Ali Yusuf Zaria Hayin Ojo
121. Abubakar Musa Zaria
122. Hashimu Abdullahi Tohu Zaria
123. Adamu Yakubu Tohu
124. Bashir Aliyu Tohu
125. Sulaiman Abdullahi Zaria
126. Ishaka Abdulkadir Zaria
127. Abdulmutalib Yusuf Zaria
128. Bashir Saidu Zaria
129. Rashidu Saidu Zaria
130. Shemau Muhammad Zaria
131. Abdullahi Abubakar Gado Zaria
132. Ali Muazu Zaria Unguwar Jaba
133. Muhammad Muazu Zaria
134. Awwal Nasibi Zaria Muchiya
135. Shehu Mai Ruwa Zaria
136. Ibrahim Muhammad Tukur Zaria
137. Mubarak Yakubu Zaria Magume
138. Fatima Lawal Zaria Magume
139. Ali Umar Zaria Magume
140. Muhammad Murtala (Bichi) Zaria
141. Abdulkarim Dambam Gyellesu
142. Mukhtar Sahabi (Dankwarai) Gyellesu
143. Nuhu Yunusa (Digging) Gyellesu
144. Abdulkadir (Escort) Gyellesu
145. Sayyid Hammad Zaria Gyellesu
146. Sayyid Ali Zaria Gyellesu
147. Sayyid Hummaid Zaria Gyellesu
148. Hajiya Fatima (Gogo Binta) Gyellesu
149. Muhammad Abdullahi Zaria
150. Ali Lawal Zaria Magume
151. Hamza Abubakar Ingaski Yawuri
152. Shamsuddeen Abdulkadir Gyellesu
153. Nuhu Rahama Zaria Gyellesu
154. Basiru Rahama Zaria Gyellesu
155. Ali Zainul Abideen Mustapha Gyellesu
156. Zuhair Abubakar Maina Gyellesu
157. Anas Lagawu Zaria Gyellesu
158. Ishaq (Guest House) Zaria Gyellesu
159. Usman Yawuri Zaria Gyellesu
160. Iliyasu Fudiya Zaria
161. Awwal Abdullahi Zaria
162. Usman Dawa Zaria Chikaji Sabongari
163. Maikudi Galadima Zaria Muchiya
164. Isa Sulaiman Tabansani
165. Rabiu Dantarau Tabansani
166. Hudu Muhammad Zaria Muchiya
167. Biliya Nakowa Zaria Sabongari
168. Awwal Yusuf Zaria Sabongari
169. Muhammad Uncle Zaria
170. Sulaiman Maiblo Zaria
171. Rabiu Abdulrahman Zaria
172. Naziru Usman Zamfara
173. Fatima Aminu Maihoto Zaria
174. Muhammad (Uncle) Zaria
175. Muhammad Sani Abubakar Dakwa
177. Jamila Jibo Jibrin Kwangila
178. Saminu Yusuf Kwangila
179. Maikudi Kwangila
180. Bashari Isa Kanar Farakwai
181. Yahaya Yakub Kanar Farakwai
182. Muhsin Shitu Danja
183. Jawad Nuradeen Danja
184. Alkasim Garba Igabi
185. Aliyu Sulaiman Pambeguwa
186. Ayatollah Salihu Pambeguwa
187. Abdulrashid Awwal Pambeguwa
188. Salisu Hassan Kidandan
189. Dauda Hassan Rimi/Iyatawa
190. Abdulrzak Rimi/Iyatawa
191. Abdulkadir Damari
192. Adamu Ali Damari
193. Abubakar Ahmad Damari
194. Ali Umar Jaji
195. Ishaq Umar Jaji
196. Salisu Umar Jaji
197. Hamisu Muhammad Jaji
198. Saminu Jaji
199. Basiru Salisu Jaji
200. Aminu Yunusa Zaria Wanka
201. Abdullahi M. Yunusa Zaria Wanka
202. Nura Nuhu Zaria Wanka
203. Abdullahi A. Adamu Zaria Wanka
204. Yahaya A. Sani Zaria Wanka
205. Ali Abdulmumini Zaria Wanka
206. Rukayya Nuhu Zaria Wanka
207. Mal. Dahiru Zaria Wanka
208. Isiya Kinkiba Zaria Wanka
209. Salihu Badaru Zaria Marwa
210. Abdulkarim Bello Zaria Marwa
211. Dahiru Alaramma Zaria Marwa
212. Hamisu Abubakar Yakasai
213. Muhammad Jawad Yakasai
214. Rabiu Adam Yakasai
215. Yusuf Adam Yakasai
216. Zainulabideen Abubakar Yakasai
217. Mashhad Zubair Yakasai
218. Aliyu Zaki Yakasai
219. Ibrahim Uwais Yakasai
220. Bashir Saad Yakasai
221. Mukhtar Sabiu Lambar Zango
222. Karubullah Mustapha Lambar Zango
223. Abba Sabitu Lambar Zango
224. Salisu Lambar Zango
225. Bashar Dandami
226. Isiya Dandami
227. Jaafar Dandami
228. Nura Dauda Richifa
229. Sulaiman NEPA Richifa
230. Sulaiman Muhammad Richifa
231. Usman Aliyu Richifa
232. Ahmad Mohammad Richifa
233. Zuwaira Muhammad Richifa
234. Nura Alh. Dauda Richifa
235. Ibrahim Dauda Richifa
236. Munkaila Yusuf Richifa
237. Shaibu Bako Richifa
238. Rabiu Muhammad Sani Richifa
239. Gambo Yusufi Richifa
240. Adamu Alhassan Richifa
241. Abdullahi Ibrahim Richifa
242. Abubakar Jibrin Richifa
243. Adamu Aliyu Richifa
244. Shamsu Shuaibu Richifa
245. Adamu Aliyu Gadar Gayan
246. Adam Muhammad Zaria Kwarbai
247. Muhammad Awwal Iyal Zaria
248. Bakir Muhammad Iyal Zaria
249. Umar Abba Zaria
250. Sulaiman Haris Zaria
251. Ibrahim Dogo Zaria
252. Dalha Driver Zaria
253. Muhammad Said Zaria
254. Ali Haruna Adam Zaria
255. Jaafar Amin Zaria
256. Kabir Muhammad Sani Zaria
257. Abdulkarim Musa Ali Zaria
258. Ibrahim Hashim Zaria
259. Fatima Amin Zaria
260. Rilwan Kurmin Kogi Zaria
261. Muazu Rilwan Zaria
262. Abdullahi Abbas Zaria
263. Abdurrazaq Abdulllahi Abbas Zaria
264. Abbas Abdullahi Abbas Zaria
265. Muhammad Abdullahi Abbas Zaria
266. Ahmad Abdulllahi Abbas Zaria
267. Ibrahim Abdullahi Abbas Zaria
268. Jawad Abdullahi Abbas Zaria
269. Junaidu Sabiu Zaria (Shahid)
270. Atiku Ibrahim Zaria (Shahid)
271. Zakariyya Zaria (Shahid)
272. Yahaya Alaramma Zaria
273. Baba Shuaibu Zaria Jushi
274. Anas Ibrahim Zaria Jushi
275. Anas Sulaiman Zaria
276. Abdulhamid Mukhtar Zaria Jushi
277. Abdulrazaq Sulaiman Zaria Jushi
278. Barau Sulaiman Zaria Jushi
279. Nuhu Sulaiman Zaria Jushi
280. Tasiu Hamisu (Abba) Zaria Jushi
281. Tasiu Salisu Zaria Jushi
282. Hamisu Idris Zaria Jushi
283. Mukhtar Hamisu Zaria Jushi
284. Zaharadeen Salisu Zaria Jushi
285. Muntaka Salisu Zaria Jushi
286. Sani Salisu Zaria Jushi
287. Sufiyanu Abdussalam Zaria
288. Usman Umar Zaria Jushi
289. Baban Babaye Zaria Jushi
290. Usman Wadata Zaria Jushi
291. Baraka Ishaq Zaria Jushi
292. Ammar Zaria (Al-Mustapha) Jushi
293. Salihu Zaria (Al-Mustapha) Jushi
294. Ammar Isa Goza Zaria Jushi
295. Ibrahim Sulaiman Zaria Jushi
296. Abdullahi Abubakar Zaria Jushi
297. Abba Sulaiman Zaria Jushi
298. Mubarak Danjuma Zaria Jushi
299. Shamsuddin Isa Zaria Jushi
300. Abba Zaria (Al-Mustapha) Jushi
301. Adamu Mikail Zaria (Al-Mustapha)
302. Salihu Gidan Alhaji Alkalin Jae
303. Yusuf Yahaya Haris Zaria
304. Alh. Na Gambo Yakana Zaria
305. Adamu Ibrahim Zaria Kusfa
306. Adam Ibrahim Mazangudu Zaria
307. Junaidu Sabiu Zaria Kusfa
308. Musa Taikon Zaria Kusfa
309. Atiku Sabiu Zaria Kusfa
310. Abdulkadir Ibrahim Zaria Kusfa
311. Abdullahi Ibrahim Zaria
312. Ibrahim Baraa Zaria
313. Abubakar Ismail Zaria
314. Abdulhadi Junaidu Zaria Albarkawa
315. Sani Sufi Zaria Unguwar Liman
316. Ibrahim I. Yusuf Zaria (Al-Mustapha)
317. Isa Suffi Zaria Unguwar Sirdi
318. Salmanu Abdullahi Zaria B/Kasuwa
319. Abdullahi Akto Zaria (Al-Mustapha)
320. Usman Muhammad Zaria Jushi
321. Yakubu Abdullahi Zaria
322. Abdullahi Adamu Wanka
323. Abdullahi Yunusa Wanka
324 Abdulkadir Ibrahim Zaria U/Bishar
325 Nusaiba Yaqub Magume, Zariya
326 Nusaiba Abubakar Abdullahi Sokoto
327 Fatima Ahmad Gashua
328 Ibrahim B. Yusuf Zaria
329 Mustafa H. Magajiya Fadama Zaria
330 Bello Umar Zaria Tudun Jukun
331 Sulaiman Mai Nika Zaria T/Jukun
332 Umar Adamu Zaria Tudun Jukun
333 Yakubu Musa Zaria Tudun Jukun
334 Muazu Hamza Zaria Tudun Jukun
335 Sulaiman PZ Zaria (Al Mustapha)
336 Nasir Muhammad Gimi
337 Sukaina Jaafar Gimi/ Soba
338 Ishaq Lawal Rumi
339 Shehu Rabiu Rumi
340 Sulaiman Rumi
341 Ibrahim idris Rumi
342 Jamilu Abubakar Rumi
343 Sabitu A Saeed Rumi
344 Haruna M. Salisu Rumi
345 Abdulrashid Maiturba N/Doya
346 Sabiu Shitu Danja
347 Salihu Musa Dabai/Danja
348 Ibrahim Abdullahi Dabai
349 Umar Ahmad Dabai
350 Rabiu Ahmad Dabai
351 Abubakar Barwa Dabai
352 Aminu Ali Kudan
353 Salihu Sabon Layi Kudan
354 Mudasir Bala Kudan
355 Akil Bala Kudan
356 Ammar Sani Kudan
357 Abdullahi Musa Kudan
358 Rabi’u Musa Kokami
359 Haruna Adamu Kokami
360 Dayyanu Salisu Kokami
361 Musa Rabi’u Kokami
362 Ishaq Lawal Hunkuyi
363 Shehu Rabi’u Hunkuyi
364 Ibrahim Idris Hunkuyi
365 Zaharadeen Abdullahi Funtua
366 Zailani Muhammad Funtua
367 Awwal Ahmad Funtua
368 Umar Shehu Funtua
369 Salahuddeen Salman Funtua
370 Hashimu Naturawa Funtua
371 Nasiru Naturawi Funtua
372 Hasan Yusuf Nabukka Funtua
373 Abdulrazaq Zayyan Nabukka Funtua
374 Muhammad Idi Nabukka Funtua
375 Khalid Salisu Nabukka Funtua
376 Mahdi Sani Ra’is Nabukka Funtua
377 Ibrahim Isa Nabukka Funtua
378 Ahmad Lawal Maiganji
379 Garba Haruna Maiganji
380 Awwal Ahmad Maiganji
381 Abbas Nasiru Maiganji
382 Muazu Mahuta
383 Saminu Tarzana
384 Bashir Adamu Tarzana
385 Awwal Yusuf Mairuwa
386 Abdullahi Maaruf Dikke
387 Mahdi Shehu Dikke
388 Salahuddin Ibrahim Dikke
389 Ibrahim Usman Kaduna
390 Mashakuru Shehu Tudun Iya
391 Bashir Mansir Kaduna
392 Muhammad Inuwa Jalabi Kaduna
393 Abubakar Abdullahi Kaduna
394 Hasan D. Usman Kaduna
395 Anas D. Usman Kaduna
396 Buhari Isma’il Kaduna Barnawa
397 Mas’ud Tukur Kaduna Nasarawa
398 Abdul’aziz Abdulmumini Kaduna
399 Isa Yunus (Abba) Kaduna Malali
400 Ishaq Abdulkadir Kaduna Malali
401 Khalid Yahaya Kaduna Malali
402 Abdurrahman Yahaya Kaduna Malali
403 Kabiru Kawo Kaduna
404 Aliyu Kaduna H/Na’iya Kawo
405 Husaini Muhammad Aminu Kaduna
406 Aliyu Muhammad Kaduna
407 Abdul’aziz Haruna Kaduna
408 Muhammad Aminu Sani Kaduna
409 Musa Salisu (Coach) Kaduna Rigasa
410 Jaafar Habibu Kaduna Rigasa
411 Ibrahim Abuja Road Kaduna Rigasa
412 Muhammad Rabiu Kaduna Rigasa
413 Muhammad Jamilu Yahaya Kaduna
414 Nura Umar Kaduna Rigasa
415 Aliyu Zainul Abideen Kaduna
416 Hassan Nuhu Kaduna Rigasa
417 Haruna Nuhu Kaduna Rigasa
418 Sa’id Abdullahi Kaduna Rigasa
419 Usman Isa Kaduna Rigasa
420 Aliyu Umar Kaduna Rigasa
421 Bashir Adam Kaduna T/Wada
422 Ibrahim Ahmad Kaduna Badiko
423 Mika’il Yusuf Kaduna U/Rimi
424 Rabiu Shuaibu Kaduna Rigasa
426 Bashir Abdulmumini Kaduna Malali
427 Husaini Sa’idu Kaduna U/Muazu
428 Muhammad Awwal (Mabo) Kaduna Badiko
429 Isma’il Sulaiman Kaduna Yan Kifi
430 Aliyu Ibrahim Taro-taro Kaduna
431 Saminu Yau Kontagora
432 Musa Labi Shehu Kontagora
433 Yakubu Dahiru Kaduna U/Mu’azu
434 Mu’azu Dahiru Kaduna U/Mu’azu
435 Mikail Sulaiman Kaduna U/Mu’azu
436 Sa’idu Salihu Kaduna Kinkino
437 Ishaq Abdullahi Kaduna U/Mu’azu
438 Abu Jihad Isa Kaduna T/Wada
439 Nuhu Escort Kaduna
440 Abubakar Musa B/Yaro Kaduna
441 Bala Kaduna Kawo
442 Abbas Ishaq Kaduna Kawo
443 Idris Mando Kaduna Mando
444 Maimuna Mas’ud Kaduna Kakuri
445 Yusuf Badamasi Kaduna Kakuri
446 Habiba (Haj) Kaduna K/Mashi
447 Badaru Kaduna H/Danmani
448 Muhammad Auwal Yawale Suleja
449 Idris Ibrahim Suleja
450 Muhammad Mudassir Bala Suleja
451 Muhammad Mubarak Bala Suleja
452 Junaidu Umar Nahabu Suleja
453 Abdulrazak Ibrahim Suleja
454 Muhammad Adamu Suleja
455 Abdulgaffar Muhammad Suleja
456 Hasan Shehu Dandume
457 Saidu Sadau Dandume
458 Ibrahim Wanzam Dandume
459 Saifullahi Kabir Dandume
460 Abubakar Tsiga
461 Jibrin Abdu
462 Nuhu Ahmad Zarewa
463 Abdullahi Musa Kudan
464Aminu Ali Kudan
465 Salihu Abdullahi Kudan
466 Kamal Magaji Kudan
467 Ammar Sani Kudan
468 Mudasiru Mustapha Kudan
469 Akilu Aliyu Kudan
470 Tahir Idris Kwaba
471 Badamasi Abdulhamid Falgore
472 Ibrahim Muhammad Maiturare
473 Hamisu Abubakar D/Magaji Zariya
474 Bello Magama Sokoto Zariya
475 Muhammad Salihu Pambeguwa
476 Ali Suleiman Pambeguwa
477 Abdulrashid Awwal Pambeguwa
478 Bashir Nuhu Babbarikaf
479 Abubakar Saidu Barbaji
480 Gambo Yau Barbaji
481 Yau. D. Danayamaka
482 Aminu M. Kabir Makarfi
483 Isa Abdulkadir Gubuci
484 Bashir Yakubu Gubuci
485 Yakubu Alasan Makarfi
486 Zaharaddin Ibrahim Makarfi
487 Sabiu Rabiu Makarfi
488 Sabiu Abdulkadir Makarfi
489 Nafiu A. Usman Danayamaka
490 Auwal Sabiu Sabon Layi
491 Salahuddeen Salmanu Bakori
492 Bashir Adamu Bakori
493 Jamilu Abubakar U/Noma
494 Sabitu Abdulkarim U/Noma
495 Haruna Sabiu U/Noma
496 Zayyanu Muhammad Kachilo
497 Auwal Mairuwa Kachilo
498 Alhaji Abubakar Sule Taba
499 Ibrahim Abdulhamid Taba
500 Abbas Muhammad Zaria Dakace
501 Muntari Abbas Zaria Dakace
502 Ibrahim Idris Zaria Dakace
503 Umar Dalhatu Zaria Dakace
504 Hauwau Dalhatu Zaria Dakace
505 Malam Umar Zaria Dakace
506 Saidu Musa Zaria Dakace
507 Abdulkadir Yusuf Zaria Dakace
508 Muazu Muhammad Zaria Dakace
509 Isyaku Muhammad Zaria Dakace
510 Ibrahim Suleiman Zaria Dakace
511 Adam Suleiman Zaria Dakace
512 Yakubu Nuhu Zaria Dakace
513 Idris Haliru Zaria Dakace
514 Kabiru Ibrahim Zaria Dakace
515 Umar Idris Zaria Dakace
516 Balarabe Adamu Zaria Dakace
517 Hayatudden Abubakr Zaria Dakace
518 Taikon Bala Zaria Dakace
519 Hussaini Musa Zaria Dakace
520 Salmanu Idris Zaria Dakace
521 Aminu Aliyu Zaria Dakace
522 Ibrahim Abdulllahi Zaria Dakace
523 Ibrahim Abdulhamid Zaria Dakace
524Ashahabu Yusuf Zaria Dakace
525 Shafiu Yusuf Zaria Dakace
526 Rabilu Said Zaria Kwangila
527 Murtala Salisu (Driver) Zaria
528 Umar Gambo Zaria Kwangila
529 Umar Adam PZ (Motion) Zaria
530 Hashimu Gambo Tanimu Tohu
531 Fatima Mohd Lawan Zaria Tudun wada
532Auwal Sabiu Kontagora S/rijiya
533 Rukayya Nuhu Soba
534 Kubra Sani Soba
535 Ummul Aiman Salisu Soba
536 Yahaya Muhammad Soba
537 Salisu Usman Soba
538 Hamisu Usman Soba
539 Rabilu Suleiman Soba
540 Badamasi Muhammad Soba
541 Muhammad Habibu Nasiru Soba
542 Ibrahim Yahaya Soba
543 Mujtaba Rabiu Soba
544 Sani Khalil Soba
545 Hamza idris Soba
546 Auwal Garba Nuhu Soba
547 Musa Tasiu Soba
548 Mustapha Sani Soba
549 Ibrahim Kabir Soba
550 Mahdi MunkailaSoba
551 Muhammad Salisu Soba
552 Mubarak Dalhatu Soba
553 Mahdi Yunusa Soba
554 Yusuf Ishaq Soba
555 Alhassan Sani Soba
556 Adamu Usman Soba
557 Tukur Abdullahi Soba
558 Adamu Ibrahim Soba
559 Malam Tijani Shitu Soba
560 Ahmad Yahuza Soba Tashar Ice
561 Alhassan Sufi Soba
562 Abdulrauf Aminu Soba Tashar ice
563 Ibrahim Usman Soba Tashar Ice
564 Abubakar Salihu Barwa Soba
565 Yahaya Sale Barwa Soba
566 Abubakar Barwa Barwa Soba
567 Jamilu Salisu Soba Angwan Noma
568 Haruna Salisu
569 Ibrahim Yahaya Soba
570 Ja’afar Rabiu Gimba
571 Muhammad Idris Malumfashi
572 Abdussalam Bello Mani Malumfashi
573 Lawal Abubakar Giwa
574 Husaini Mikail Giwa
575 Mika’ilu Suleiman Giwa
576 Ukasha Idris Ibrahim Bauchi
577 Auwal Muhammad Auwal Bauchi
578 Aminu Abubakar Bauchi Jahun
579 Abubakar Iiliyasu Bauchi Rijiyan
580 Baffaji Usman Kumbi Bauchi
581 Mujahid Abdulkadir Adamu Bauchi
582 Muhammad Baffajo Soba Bauchi
583 Muhammad Abubakar Salihu Bauchi
584 Muhammad Musa Bauchi
585 Ukasha Muhammad Zakariya Bauchi
586 Ukasha Ibrahim Bauchi
587 Ukasha Muhammad Bauchi
588 Ishaq Adamu Bauchi
589 Naziru Tijani Umar Bauchi
590 Nura Haruna Bauchi
591 Zaharaddini Idris Dauda Bauchi
592 Zaharaddini Musa Bauchi
593 Ahmad Sale
594 Abdulkarim M. Lawal Dambua
595 Aminu Umar Jalingo
596 Baqir Musa Iliyasu Jalingo
597 Muhammad Abubakar Jalingo
598 Sheikh Muhammad Mahmud Turi
599 Aminu Abdullahi
600 Ayyuba Ibrahim Kano Kurna
601 Alhaji Habib Muhammad Kano Kurna
602 Nafiu Dauda Kano
603 Muhammad Murtada Kano
604 Hafiz Dauda Kano Kurna
605 Fatima Aliyu Minjibir Kano
606 Umar Faruk Abdullahi Kano
607 Yusuf Sani (Abba) Kano
608 Alhaji Ali Abdulhamid Kano
609 Alhaji Uba Abdulhamid Kano
610 Zaharadeen Usman Kano
611Musa Abubakar Kano (Ar-Rahus)
612 Haruna Ishaq Kurna
613Aminu Yusuf Kano
614 Abdurrazak Abdullahi Kano
615 Baba Wuro Kano Naibawa
616 Saifullahi Abubakar Kano
617 Abba Hari Kano Naibawa
618 Muhammad Balarabe Kano
619Abdullahi Iliyasu Kano
620 Muazu Muhammad Kano
621 Ibrahim Ulamau Kano
622 Ammar Katsina Kano Naibawa
623 Mustapha Abubakar Kano
624 Bashir Muhammad Kano
625 Musa Zaria Kano Naibawa
626 Bashir Sale Kano Naibawa
627 Mustapha Garba Kano
628 Musa Ibrahim Kano
629 Alhassan Adamu Kano
630 Hisbullahi Isa Kano
631 Aminu Abdulmutalib Kano
632 Nuhu Habibu Kano
633 Nasiru Garba Kano T/ Wada
634 Umar Abdullahi Kano
635 Alhassan Suleiman Kano
636 Abdurrahman Ismail Kano
637 Bilya Rabiu Kano T/ Wada
638 Muhammad Bashir Kano T/Wada
639 Hujjatullah Bashir Kano T/Wada
640 Zailani Ali Kano T/Wada
641 Sammani Misbahu Kano
642 Yusuf Garba Kano Sabon titi
643 Ibrahim Sarki Kano Sabon titi
644 Yahaya Garba Sarki Kano
645 Abdulmalik Safiyanu Kano
646 Abubakar Ishaq Kano
647 Mansur Adam Kano Sabon titi
648 Sani Ibrahim Kano T/Wada
649 Mukhtar Ibrahim Kano T/Wada
650 Ishaq Ibrahim Kano T/Wada
651 Shehu Ibrahim Kano T/Wada
652 Abdullahi Ibrahim Kano T/Wada
653 Abdullahi Musa Kano T/Wada
654 Iliya Ja’afar Kano T/Wada
655 Mubarak Yahaya Kano T/Wada
656 Muhammad Bello Abdullahi Kano
657 Tukur Shehu Kano T/Wada
658 Usman Shafiu Kano T/Wada
659Abdulkarim Umar Kano T/Wada
660 Hasan Tukur Kano T/Wada
661 Abdulkadir Ayuba Kano T/Wada
662 Sani Shehu Kano T/Wada
663 Musa Hassan Kano T/Wada
664 Nasiru Muhammad Kano T/Wada
665 Suraj Khalid Kano T/ Wada zone
666 Abubakar Usman Kano T/Wada
667 Ayuba Bawa Kano T/Wada
668 Kabiru Abubakar Kano T/Wada
669 Isma’il Abdullahi Kano T/Wada
670 Awwalu Shu’aibu Kano T/Wada
671 Bashir Musa Kano T/Wada
672 Surajo Shu’aibu Kano T/Wada
673 Musa Nasiru Kano T/Wada
674 Yakubu Hussaini Kano T/Wada
675 Isa Shehu Kano T/Wada
676 Rabiu Murtala Kano T/Wada
677 Alhassan Ado Kano T/Wada
678 Ibrahim Usman Kano T/Wada
679 Alhaji Aminu Yusuf Kazaure
680 Alhaji Shafiu Alhassan Kazaure
681 Lawan Umar Kazaure
682 Aliyu Lawan Umar Kazaure
683 Bakir Adam Kazaure
684 Murtala Tambari Kazaure
685 Kabiru Ahmad Kazaure
686 Aliyu Lawan Dambatta
687 Abubakar Idris Tsangaya
688 Abubakar Abdullahi Rano
689 Malam Zakariya Gargai
690 Nusaiba Shafiu Alhassan Kazaure
691 Muhammad Dahiru Dan Hassan
692 Aliyu M. Sani Tafawa
693 Sani Abdullahi Wangara
694 Tajuddeen Muhammad Isah Nasarawa
695 Sabiu Muhammad Nasarawa
696 Haruna Isah Tafawa
697 Abdulkadir Muhammad Karaye
698 Naziru Ibrahim Shuwaki, Kunchi
699 Yusuf Usman Karaye
700 Zakariyya Tukur Bichi
701 Abba Yunusa Nasarawa
702 Shuaibu Saidu Madobi
703 Abubakar Hussaini Shanono
704 Rabiu Muhammad Walawa
705 Ali Muhammad Dahur Sara
706 Nura Sulaiman Saulawa Katsina
707 Basiru Muhammad Sabon Layi (Yandaka) Katsina
708 Lawal Isma’il Mai P.O.P. Filin Samji Katsina
709 Sulaiman Falalu Masanawa Katsina
710 Nafi’u Musa Muhammad Daura
711 Salahu Awwal Yusuf Daura
712 Kabir Muhammad Shitu Daura
713 Umar Isah Tela Daura
714 Yusuf Sulaiman Art Daura
715 Abubakar Musa Muduru
716 Ammar Alhassan Abukur.
717 Mustapha Lawal Doro
718 Muhammad Ibrahim Maradi (Niger Republic)
719 Nuhu Gaiwa Charanci
720 Alhaji Ibraheem Ahmad (Alheri Blocks) Dutsinma
721 Muhammad Aminu Sabon Garin Faguwa
722 Isah Yan Shantuna Dutsinma
723 Usman Sa’idu Kurmi Malumfashi
724 Abdulsalam Bello Mani Malumfashi
725 Muhammad Ibraheem Malumfashi
726 Muhammad Idris Malumfaahi
727 Musa Ibraheem Mahuta
728 Usman Kankiya
729 Bashir Mansur Kankia
730 Muhammad Sani Yan Albasa
731 Shaikh Muhammad M. Sahabi Kaduna
732 Kabiru Muhammad Badarawa
733 Fauziyya Shehu Layin Kosai
734 Mainuna Shehu Layin Kosai
735 Muhammad Yahya Gilima
736 Faisal Abdulkadir
737 Aliyu Sulaiman Karofi
738 Sulaiman Musa Baiah
739 Abubakar Alhasan
740 Mubarak Muhammad Zuru
741 Rufai Muhammad Zuru
742 Bala Magaji B/Kebbi
743 Nasiru Saadu Gusau
744 Muhammad Habibu Dutsanwai
745 Rajau Husaini Escort Dutsanwai
746 Abubakar Isa Dutsanwai
747 Yakubu Okene
748 Ahmad Yakubu Okene
749 Fatima Yakubu Okene
750 Khadija Yakubu Okene
751 Ibrahim Muhammad Danja, Abuja
752 Abubakar Husaini Shanono, Abuja
753 Muhammad Sani Abubakar Zuguru, Abuja
754 Shehu Aliyu Muhammad Richifa, Abuja
755 Adamu Aliyu Muhammad Richifa, Abuja
756 Musa Abubakar Kudan, Abuja
757 U. Danladi Abubakar Kudan, Abuja
758 Zaharaddeen Murtala M/fashi, Abuja
759 Salisu Idris Gwrzo Kano, Abuja
760 Salman Abdul Rahaman Zariya, Abuja
761 Usman Isa (Block) Lugbe, Abuja
762 Ibrahim Saidu Lugbe, Abuja
762 Shehu Ummar Shehu Lugbe, Abuja
763 Aliyu Maigari
764 Umar Musa Jaja Hunkuyi.
765 Sahabi Ibrahim Jaja Hunkuyi.
766 Salihu Yunusa Jaja Hunkuyi.
767 Umar Abubakar Tashar Kashin Miya Hunkuyi.
768 Musa Abubakar Tashar Kashin Miya Hunkuyi.
769 Wasila A. Musa Marabar Jos
770 Ramadan Muhammad Marabar Jos
771 Hasan Nuhu Marabar Jos
772 Zakariyya Muhammad Marabar Jos
773 Ibarhim Idris
774 Isa Suleiman Gidan Maharba Buruku
775 Mahdi Awwal Gangare Jos
776 Mustapha Umar Said
777 Muhammad Mustapha Umar Said
778 Ali Mustapha Umar Said
779 Ruhullah Mustapha Umar Said
780 Abdullahi Habibu Sarina
781 Muhammad Nuraddeen Sulaiman Malali, Kaduna
782 Ayuba Ibrahim Tudun Fulani Kurna, Kano
783 Sadik Yusuf Muhammad Badarawa
Amnesty International Says Army Must Investigate Disappearance Of IMN Members, Others
By Abdulmumin Giwa
Amnesty International has called on the Nigerian government to investigate the unexplained disappearances of members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) following details of over 600 missing persons made available to the rights group.
This was stated by the Amnesty International today as it commemorates this year’s International Day of the Disappeared in Abuja.
“Amnesty International is calling on the Nigerian authorities to investigate all cases of enforced disappearances and bring all those suspected of criminal responsibility to justice,” the group said in a statement.
“According to figures provided by the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), at least 600 of their members’ whereabouts is not known.”
Over 1000 members of the IMN might have been killed in December 2015 when the Nigerian Army following a claimed traffic misunderstanding launched a killing spree on members of the Movement for almost 48 hours.
Several properties of the IMN including worship places, cemetery and residence of the leader Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzkay were demolished and some of its members tortured or burned alive by the Army.
Amnesty has earlier called on the Nigerian Army to come clean on the Zaria massacre when it revealed satellite footages showing evidences of possible mass grave forcing the Kaduna state government to reveal to a Judicial Commission of Inquiry (JCI) investigating the massacre that along with the army, it mass buried 347 IMN members at Mando village in Kaduna.
The government had been condemned of violating local, international as well as religious laws by mass burying victims of the Zaria massacre to hide its heinous crimes against humanity by several other reputable rights groups across the globe.
Prior to that, the IMN had placed advertorials carrying over 800 names and profiles of missing persons in the news dailies as families are still searching for their loved ones.
On its side the Army attempted hiding its role in the Zaria massacre when the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai told the National Human Rights Commission in Abuja that only seven people were killed when he made his way through a claimed road blockage mounted by the IMN members.
Following an independent investigation by the Amnesty International it revealed in its report that the army cordoned off the IMN targets it attacked for days and washed off blood stains and picked up bullet shells in attempt to hide its crimes against humanity.
In its response to the Amnesty report on Zaria massacre and other major human rights violations and disregard to its rule of engagement the Army harshly accused the Amnesty International of not being fair to it.
This followed an organized mob action on the Amnesty office in Abuja by alleged sponsored groups condemning the Amnesty for being hard on the Nigerian Army.
It was subsequently followed by another protest and rally supporting the Amnesty and calling on it to continue with its good work of exposing the excesses of the army on innocent people in the country organized by the Concerned Nigerians group.
The Amnesty also drew attention to innocent people that have disappeared after military actions in the name of fighting Boko Haram saying they are “often seized by the military after being accused of affiliation to the armed group Boko Haram”.
Amnesty said hundreds of other civilians had disappeared in the restive northeast during the jihadist group’s brutal eight-year insurgency. Many more are being held illegally in “secret detention”, it stated.
“The families of the victims of enforced disappearance have already waited too long for answers,” Amnesty’s statement said. “They deserve justice, truth and reparation now.”
Nigerian Army Frets And Lies Following IMN Petition To US Government
Following the petition written to the US government by the Islamic Movement in Nigeria against the proposed sale of weapons to the current Nigerian government because of the military’s abysmal human rights records, the military through its spokesman has come out in a state of fret and irritation on BBC Hausa service to lie about the matter.
Commenting on the suspended arms deal worth $593m, Brig Gen Sani Kukasheka went on air to give the false impression that the deal was on. According to him, the deal would have been long completed but for some “unscrupulous persons” who worked to stop the sale of the weapons to Nigeria. Answering questions on whether it was not the very poor human rights records of the military against civilian population that made people he called unscrupulous show their opposition to such deal, Kukasheka swept aside what he called “mere allegations,” insisting that a non-governmental group should not have taken it upon itself to write a letter to a President opposing the sale of weapons to the country. “If weapons are not sold to us to fight, where would that take us?” He quibbled.
Having effectively dodged to comment on use of the weapons against civilian population, he rolled out the lies, saying that weapons would now be sold to Nigeria by the US and other governments.
When the BBC reporter drew his attention to the petition written by the IMN against the sale since weapons sold to the government are being used against unarmed citizens, he again was evasive preferring to blackmail IMN members, whom he said were “jobless bunch whose major preoccupation each morning was to be on social media criticising.” According to him, there were some good members of the group “who are obedient and don’t associate themselves with all that,” in clear reference to their moles within.
What was obvious in all his babbling on BBC was that the military was upset by the petition written by the IMN, urging the US government not to sell weapons and other military hardware to Nigeria because these weapons eventually end up being used to kill innocent citizens rather than to fight enemies.
The only indication he made to suggest the extent of the impact of the petition was were he said the worries and concerns raised by the petition are being looked at and would be redressed.
Earlier, the IMN had expressed doubts and concerns on the true intention of the Presidential Investigation Panel. In its letter to the acting President, IMN had correctly said that “it would appear that setting up of this panel may be related to a quick attempt at convincing (or more approximately deceiving) the US government into selling weapons to it.” With this recent ranting by the Brigadier, it would appear that IMN was right after all.
Already, there is a lot of opposition to the sale of weapons especially in the US congress, to a military with a track record of civilian massacres, a military that has repeatedly turned such weapons against its own citizens in Zaki biam, Odi, Zaria, Enugu, Onitsha, Aba, Baga and even IDP camps among other places.
©#FreeZakzaky Campaign Committee, August 2017
Who is more irresponsible, Ohanaeze Ndigbo or NEF?
By Abdulmumin Giwa
Media reports have said that the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has described the Igbo elders under the platform of Ohanaeze Ndigbo as irresponsible for opposing federal government’s move to revoke Nnamdi Kanu’s bail.
It was said that the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) on Sunday condemned Ohanaeze Ndigbo for criticizing the Federal Government’s plan to re-arrest the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, had earlier accused the Federal Government of double standard and disregard of Kanu’s fundamental human rights, especially against the backdrop of its refusal to arrest the Arewa youths who issued the now-withdrawn Igbo quit notice.
However, Paul Unongo, Chairman of NEF said the northern elders were disappointed that Ohanaeze would make light of a criminal matter.
Unongo argued that Kanu’s case was 100 per cent different from the ultimatum issued by the Arewa youths, stating that there was no basis for comparison.
I really wonder how these so-called northern elders act that I even raised the question as to who is more irresponsible between the northern elders and the Igbo elders. Who is actually speaking for and protecting the interest of his people? Is it the northern elders or the Igbo elders?
I read a lot of comments full of various sectional and tribal sentiments on this matter to the extent that I could not help questioning the integrity of the Northern Elders Forum in particular who hardly speak in the interest of the northern people but for what looks more like political and personal whims.
In December 2015 a very ugly incident took place in Zaria where a claimed traffic disagreement between some members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) and the entourage of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) took place. This resulted in wanton and incessant killing of the IMN members where over 1000 men, women and children were extra-judicially murdered by the Nigerian Army.
Some were burned alive by the army, some tortured to death all in a period of about 24 hours within which the worship centers of the IMN, the residence of their leader Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, their cemetery and the residence of the mother of the IMN leader were all destroyed by a coalition of the Army and the Kaduna state government. Most of those killed were youths studying in universities.
The victims were buried in mass graves in violation of all known laws whether religious, national or international in a joint operation between the Army and the Kaduna state government. What is worse is that some of them were buried alive as no one was certified dead because the operation was meant to be a secret of hiding the intensity of the genocide.
It is true that the IMN members are mainly Shiites who are a minority Muslim group that suffer all sorts of attacks and blackmail from the majority Sunni Wahhabis in particular. These attacks and castigations include blackmail and inducement of sectarian sentiments such that most of what is heard of about the Shiites is not from the Shiites but from the Wahhabi/Salafi scholars who always propagate lies and rumors about the Shiites.
More so, the IMN is fast growing and virtually all its members were formerly Sunnis who have converted to Shi’a. This they see as a threat to the existence of their Wahhabism which is enjoying the opposite. The Wahhabi scholars among other things are afraid of losing a source of income by allowing Shi’a to grow. Their scholars are used to working hand-in-hand with politicians from who they take their campaigns to their worship centers where they induce all sorts of sentiments in the people and most importantly in return make millions of Naira usually looted from government coffers.
The IMN on the other hand propagates revolutionary ideas that are stern on corruption and injustice. They propagate and call for the implementation of fairness and justice to all irrespective of tribe, section, region or religion. This is more like killing the business of the Wahhabi scholars and their politician friends.
Despite all these group and ideological differences, it is indisputable that the Shiites that were murdered by the Buhari regime in Zaria are northerners and are responsible youths of the north. They are Shiites because they are not part of the delinquent youths of the north neglected by their leaders and left without education or any hope for a good future. They are Shiites because they are university students or engaged in one entrepreneur or the other.
The Shiites youths murdered by the army don’t belong to those groups of neglected youths in the northern communities that are into drug abuse, thugry, robbery, kidnapping and all sorts of societal nuisance. The only function of the neglected youth is to follow politicians chanting slogans and being paid crumbs without any future hope. They are not like the neglected youths of the north that attack communities with knives, daggers, swords and cutlasses inflicting all sorts of injuries on innocent people. They are guided by a responsible leader.
Where were the so-called northern elders when these promising youths were lynched by the regime? What is even worse is that these so-called elders went to justify and shamelessly tell lies before the Judicial Commission of Inquiry (JCI) set up by the Kaduna state government to investigate the Zaria killings.
The irresponsibility of the majority of the northern elders is such that they didn’t see anything wrong with the killing of the IMN members simply because they are Shiites. This form of irresponsibility can never be labeled against elders of other regions.
For instance, despite the nuisance of the Odua People’s Congress (OPC), the then president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo who is their kinsmen never killed them. Former president Goodluck Jonathan never killed the Niger Delta youths, in fact he even defended them despite the economic tragedies they inflicted on Nigeria through their activities. When President Muhammadu Buhari wanted to launch a clampdown on the IPOB the Igbo elders came out including their politicians to speak against it saying they are their sons and daughters and must not be killed.
Back here in the north some of the northern elders are full of praises for the irresponsibility of the Buhari regime that murdered their youths simply because they were Shiites. They do all possible to justify the mass murder concocting all sorts of foolish excuses that don’t hold water to justify their irresponsibility.
When the army under President Jonathan murdered about 34 IMN members including three sons of the leader in July 2014 some of these so-called northern leaders went to condoled the IMN leader and even condemned the army describing them as the ‘Jonathanian Army’ but when the ‘Buharian Army’ murdered over 1000 they hypocritically kept mute and even joined in the action. Who then is more irresponsible, is it the Ohanaeze Indigbo that defend their youths at all cost or the Northern Elders that hypocritically sacrifice their own?
Action Alert: Demand African Union Intervene In Sheikh Zakzaky Case
A call to action has been made to anybody reading this message to take a moment and write an urgent letter to the African Union demanding their immediate intervention in the matter of Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky.
The letter or email should be written to the AU charter body set up to monitor human rights, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
*Please send your communication to;*
Adv. Faith Pansy Tlakula – Chairperson of African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Address: 31 Bijilo Annex Layout, Kombo North District
Western Region P.O. Box 673 Banjul, The Gambia.
E-mail: au-banjul@africa-union.org
_A model letter or email is provided below:_
Date
Dear Adv. Faith Pansy Tlakula
*Re: Sheikh Zakzaky and the Islamic Movement of Nigeria*
I write with regard to the continued persecution of Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, in particular the continued illegal detention of the Sheikh, his wife Zeenah and hundreds of other IMN members.
You will recall that even the Nigerian courts held that Sheikh Zakzaky’s detention was illegal at the end of last year and demanded the Sheikh’s release. The fact that he and his wife remain in detention, both in need of medical treatment is a stain on Nigeria. The African Union must take immediate action to ensure that this travesty of justice is rectified.
I look forward to your speedy response outlining the actions your office will be taking.
Yours sincerely,
Your signature (if posting)
Your name
Please in addition to writing your own letter/e-mail, help to share this campaign call and information widely, with your friends and other interested people.
*© #FreeZakzaky Campaign Committee, August 2017
IMN Writes US Government: Don’t Sell Weapons or Military Hardware to Nigeria
The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has written a letter of petition to the government of the United States of America (USA) urging them not to sell weapons or any military hardwares to Nigeria.
The letter, which was dated 17th August, 2017 and signed by the head of the Free Zakzaky Campaign Committee, Abdulrahaman Abubakar, cited the appalling human rights record of Nigerian military as the reason for the “vehement objection to the proposed sale of weapons and military hardwares to the government of Nigeria.”
The petition further pointed out that “the military’s human rights record in Nigeria is utterly dismal and the Nigerian government’s commitment to the rule of law is even worse off.” IMN drew the attention of the US government to incessant refusal of the government to acknowledge excesses of the military in handling civilian matters, but even tries to justify them. The Movement cited the examples of the blatant murder of 34 unarmed civilians in Zaria in 2014, including the children of Sheikh Zakzaky, without the government doing anything about it. As if it was not grievous enough, the murderous soldiers returned in December, 2015 with an even more brutal force, resulting in the death of over a thousand innocent citizens. The initial response of the government to this callous disregard for human lives was to say, it was a “military affair.”
IMN pointed out that there is usually no properly conducted inquiries, no prosecutions, no remorse and no public apologies after such acts by the military. Besides shirking in its duties to hold its soldiers to account, the IMN said the government captured its leader and his wife after shooting them at pointblank range, treated them in the most humiliating and denigrating manner before hauling them into incommunicado detention without charges for twenty months. “Even after a Nigerian High Court had ruled that the detention is unconstitutional and ordered their release, the government has continued to contemptuously defy the order.”
The letter therefore called for a complete arms embargo to be placed on the Nigerian military. It also wanted the embargo to be extended to travel bans and other embargoes for senior military and political leaders “until a genuine commitment to the principles of rule of law, justice, fair play and human rights can be demonstrated beyond rhetoric and halfhearted measures by the government.
*© #FreeZakzaky Campaign Committee, August 2017*
Buhari have been deliberately misled, please release Sheikh Zakzaky today – Hon. Ebenezer.
It is impossible for me to keep quiet ,when I noticed some form of arrant nonsense, in the name of security reports. I had tried frantically, to assist Government successively ,to define the accurate concept of security threat. However, I am convinced now than ever that the Heads of Security Forces in Nigeria are more subservient to imperialist international order, than the order that can actually lead to National peace, security and emancipation. Iran do not seek and has never seek to hegemonised Nigeria. If anything, Iran try to influence what they considered the most appropriate form of Islamic religion. And this they do through propagation of shared knowledge and not any act of terrorism or arms struggle .
Now take a look at this! There are Roman’s Catholic presence in all countries, it is classically religious and not political. Out of it, broken out, Protestant, and Pentecostalism and Even what is known today as Catholics Charismatic Renewal of Revival. Yet, no security of any nation ever declared them as a threat.
Why are our security forces so silent about IPOB, which is more ferocious and categorical about its threat to national security and sovereignty? Why, particularly when Buhari was away? Why do they allow Nnamdi Kanu to trampled upon his bale conditions with such levels of recklessness and impunity, denigrating our National sovereignty? To the best of my knowledge locally and internationally, the Shiit Islamic Movement has not done anything that could be considered a threat to national security in their four decades among us. They are patriotic and above all they massively voted for President Buhari, much more than the Wahabist in Nigeria; some of who predicted that Buhari will never be a President after they collected billions from Jonathan. I want any security institution to engage me over the Shiite issue in Nigeria and I will expose all their failures and deception.
They are misinforming Mr. President whom I admire so much, they are in essence serving foreign interest for dollars and pecuniary gains.
I hate all forms of lies and misrepresentation of facts, I won’t take it even from my father. Let us all rise to protect the sovereignty of Nigeria and jealously embrace the peace in the country.
If I meet President Buhari today, without missing words. The first thing I will tell him is that. My father, you have been deliberately misled. Please release Sheikh Zakzaky today!! He is not an enemy he is a lover of Nigeria unity and peace and development.
As I write this tonight my heart bleeds profusely for the half hazardous manner our security forces engages issues.
What Zakzaky need from this government is heartfelt condolences, sympathy,apology and reparations and certainly not incarceration and brutality. The enemies who are pretending to be friends and lovers of Buhari are the ones at work regarding the persecution of Sheikh Zakzaky. and they are trying to make more enemies for Buhari because they hate his gut and success!!
Indeed, a Partnership with Iran by Federal Government will lead Nigeria to fast growths, technological and scientific independent faster than our wasted years of over 5 decades with the Western Powers that are manipulating us, exploiting us, economically, turned all our leaders to thieves as they provided safe havens for looted funds from Nigeria, and refused to concede economics independent to us, let alone technology and scientific capabilities, so that we can continue to be subservient to them. Iran desires a win-win Strategic partnership with Nigeria; after all we are both developing countries and members of Strategic economic bloc called OPEC. Nothing is wrong in having a blossoming governmental and humans to humans relationships with The Islamic Republic of Iran.
HON. Ebenezer M Oyetakin,
Executive Secretary Anticorruption NetworkNetworkL
Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) writes the President …picks faults with Presidential Investigation Panel into Military violations of Human rights
The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has sent letter to the President and Commander-in-Chief of Nigerian Armed Forces stating their observations and expressing concerns pertaining to the recently inaugurated Presidential Investigation Panel to probe human rights abuses by the military in the country.
The letter dated 17th August 2017 and signed on behalf of the Movement by Professor Abdullahi Danladi, described the human rights records of the Nigerian army as dismal and wondered why despite repeated calls from the Movement and other credible international rights bodies like Amnesty, it took this length of time to set up one. “We had written a letter to you in early 2016 urging you to set a process to timeously have an independent judicial
commission of inquiry with the supervisions of international community that would unearth the truth on the matter rather than wait for anyreport of a biased party to the incident as you had doggedly maintained you would at the
time (especially during your maiden media chat), but you did not heed our call and certainly,
never even contemplated setting up any such panel.”
The IMN expressed serious doubts in the sincerity behind setting this panel at at this point in time. “It would appear that setting up of this panel may be related to a quick attempt at convincing (or more appropriately deceiving) the US government into selling weapons to it,” IMN stated. It also accused the Nigerian government of trying to trick the International Criminal Court
(ICC) at The Hague presently investigating the Zaria massacre of December 2015 into
believing that it is now willing and also able to investigate and dispense justice in that regard.
IMN quarried “in what ways will this Presidential Investigation Panel be different from what the judicial commission of inquiry into Zaria incident set up by the Kaduna state
government?” It said the composition of the Presidential panel, which involves members of the Kaduna commission and the military panel that earlier absolved the army of blame, as well as representatives of the military, the police and other security agencies does not instil confidence in the process at all. It noted that exclusion of notable reputable rights bodies and victims representatives was unfair. “The sum of all this is that the independence and impartiality of this new panel is not in any way guaranteed.”
It kicked against the systematic refusal of free access to the panel for their Leader, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky and others being detained, and observed that there were no provisions put in place for them to make their appearance and presentations at the panel as free citizens.
The letter also wondered how the panel is going to tackle what the Kaduna commission already established as a matter of fact, even without the participation of IMN or its legal representatives that there was “use of excessive and disproportionate force by the Nigerian army against members of the IMN leading to massacre of hundreds” as reported by the commission. IMN quoted the Commission’s report copiously to buttress its point and align those with similar reports by Amnesty International, which talked about “mass slaughter of hundreds of men, women and children by soldiers in
Zaria and the attempted cover-up of this crime,” demonstrating “an utter contempt for human life and accountability.” IMN asked what was the point of this Presidential panel when all previous reports had already established that ” the actions of troops by the Nigerian Army were found to be contrary
to Rules of Proportionality by International Standards.”
IMN also noted that Army officers never ever cooperated with previous inquiries and believes that the same would play out in the presidential panel. It noted how army officers blatantly denied killing IMN members and digging mass graves, even after confession by Kaduna state officials with whom they closely worked.
The IMN concluded the letter by describing the government as one in denial because it refuses to acknowledge military excesses in handling civil matters. Consequently, “no prosecutions, no remorse and no public apologies!” The letter ended by stating that they still expect some national words of condolence to the families that lost their dear ones and were buried in mass
graves. “We believe that those Nigerian lives matter.”
*_Find below the full text of the letter to the President:_*
Date: 17th August, 2017
The Acting President,
Federal Republic of Nigeria,
Presidential Villa,
Abuja.
Your Excellency Sir,
*Re-Setting up of the Presidential Investigation Panel to probe human rights abuses by Nigerian military*
Sequel to your recent inauguration of the above-mentioned panel and what appears to be their prompt swing into action, we the members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), being
obviously the largest community of victims of human rights abuses by the Nigerian military,
wish to make the following observations and express our concerns as follows:
1. The actual intention of setting up the “Presidential Investigation Panel” at this material point in time appears misty. Recall Sir that the IMN had written a letter to you early in 2016 urging you to set a process to timeously have an independent judicial
commission of inquiry with the supervisions of international community that would unearth the truth on the matter. We particularly requested you not to wait for any report of a biased party to the incident as you had doggedly maintained you would at the
time (especially during your maiden media chat). You did not heed our call and certainly,
never even contemplated setting up any such a panel despite pressures from rights bodies within and outside the country. You will also recall Sir, that earlier, a presidential
spokesperson shocked the World when he said that the incident was “a military affair.” That looked like an obvious tacit approval of the attacks by the Presidency and by implication complicity. The body language of the President and what the
Presidency kept telling the public since then was that they were awaiting the report of the Kaduna State commission to take a decision. So, what is the game changer this time around? The decision to establish this panel now will mean it has jettisoned that
report or what?
It would appear that setting up of this Presidential panel may be related to a quick attempt at convincing (or more appropriately deceiving) the US government into selling
weapons to it. The US government has hitherto cited the military’s dismal human rights records in refusing sale of weapons to the country. Furthermore but in the same vein, the Nigerian government may hope to trick the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague presently investigating the Zaria massacre of December 2015 into
believing that the government is now willing and also able to investigate and dispense justice in that regard. That has been one major sore point this government has
remained unconvincing.
2. In what ways will this Presidential Investigation Panel be different from what the judicial commission of inquiry into Zaria incident set up by the Kaduna state
government? Beyond perhaps its scope (now also looking at other rights abuses by the
military in other places and time) we note very many similarities, which do not instil confidence in the process.
3. From the composition of this panel, it is noted that the military, the police and security agencies are all represented. This is not the case with well-known community of victims of the alleged military violations such as us. With due respect to members in the panel, the “eyes” of world renowned human rights bodies are also not in this panel. We noticed that even a member who served in the Kaduna state judicial
commission is included. Similarly, another member who enjoys the confidence of the
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and who similarly served in the military investigation panel set up by the COAS himself that absolved the army of any wrongdoing has been included in this Presidential panel as well. The sum of all this is that the independence
and impartiality of this new panel is not in any way guaranteed.
4. We also feel very strongly that any investigation of the military attack on members of
the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) that does not include a way to make our leader, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky and other members being unjustifiably detained
(some even against valid Nigerian court orders) to have free access to make their
appearance and presentations would be most unfair and unjust. So, how does the
presidential panel want to go around this? Sheikh Zakzaky has been denied access to his legal representatives for over nineteen months now. In fact, it is difficult to see
how the chief victim of military violations in Nigeria can be excluded from such a panel and be seen to be just and fair. That was the major flaw of the Kaduna
commission and all previous “probes” into the matter thus far.
5. One other interesting part is how this panel is going to handle what the Kaduna commission established already as a matter of fact. Even without our participation or having any legal representation, the Kaduna judicial commission clearly established the “use of excessive and disproportionate force by the Nigerian army against members of the IMN leading to massacre of hundreds.” The commission also agreed a “massacre” indeed took place, “the high number of casualties cannot be justified”
(page 85 of its report). It also established that the Nigerian army carried out the massacre. “The actions of troops by the Nigerian Army were also found to be contrary
to Rules of Proportionality by International Standards.” (Page 76 of the report) and 3
they also stated that “it did appear that the Nigerian Army did not adhere strictly to the provisions of its Rules of Engagement and the Code of Ethics during the operation.” All that the judicial commission found in this regard were in conformity with what independent rights bodies who investigated the matter found and published in their earlier reports. In particular, Amnesty International (AI) in its detailed report, talked of “mass slaughter of hundreds of men, women and children by soldiers in
Zaria and the attempted cover-up of this crime,” demonstrating “an utter contempt for human life and accountability.” Human Rights Watch (HRW), another credible
body that independently investigated the incident wrote in its own report, “The killing of hundreds of Shia Muslim members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), by
Nigerian army soldiers from December 12 to 14, 2015, appears to have been wholly unjustified.” It concluded that the military attack in Zaria was “at best (it was) a brutal overreaction and at worst (it was) a planned attack on the minority Shia group.” So
what exactly is the point of this Presidential panel?
6. In previous open investigations on the subject matter, the military never cooperated with the panel beyond trying to justify its actions. For instance, during the Kaduna
commission sittings, the army had sitting commissioners and it was heavily
represented by lawyers and top ranking military officers. Yet, it deliberately refused
to cooperate with the commission to even establish the number of people it killed. It
denied deaths and denied existence of mass graves. Even after confessions to the
contrary by Kaduna state officials who worked with the officers, the army bluntly refused to open up to its crimes. The Kaduna commission of inquiry even lamented in its report the recalcitrant attitude of the Nigerian army in situations such as this. It is an open knowledge that since the publication of its report, Amnesty International has been severely attacked and seriously threatened by the military hierarchy. The question now is how would that be different at this Presidential panel of inquiry? What level of cooperation would the army give?
7. Finally your Excellency, it appears the government is in denial and Nigeria is similarly a country in denial. It has never acknowledged military excesses in handling civilian matters. It denies them if it could and justifies them when obviously it cannot
be denied. No prosecutions, no remorse, no public apologies! It openly attacks international bodies when they come up with incontrovertible evidences against the
army. It doesn’t appear that this is about to change even in the present Presidential
panel. In the case of the Zaria massacre, the government has thus far refused to redress the wrong carried out by the military. It has furthered the wrong by the
continued detention of Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky and his wife, whose private residences were invaded by heavily armed Nigerian soldiers, their children, relatives and associates shot dead right to their faces, themselves shot at point blank severally and captured in the most humiliating and denigrating manner and hauled into detention virtually incommunicado without charges for twenty months. Even after a Nigerian High Court had ruled that the detention is unconstitutional and ordered their release, the government has continued to contemptuously defy the order. What
guarantees are there that this government knows anything called justice?
These observations and concerns do not inspire confidence that the panel is sufficiently
independent and impartial enough to allow free and full participation, and that the government would be just in the matter at all. We believe you will understand, as a
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), that the fairness, independence and impartiality of
this panel as required by Section 36 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria (as amended), the provisions of the African Charter on Human and
Peoples’ Rights Cap A9, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 and the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights are in doubt. The rules of natural justice require, inter alia, that where likelihood of bias can reasonably be inferred or discovered whether directly or indirectly from the surrounding circumstances, then fair hearing is not observed. This is because justice should not only be done but it must be manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to have been done. The Presidential panel as constituted presently
lacks both legal and moral standing to inquire into the human rights abuses by the
Nigerian Army against the members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria between the
25th- 26th July, 2014 and also the 12th-14th December, 2015 at Zaria for lack of fairness,
independence and impartiality.
While wishing you our regards of the highest consideration, we still expect some national
words of condolence to the families that lost their dear ones and were buried in mass
graves. We believe that those Nigerian lives matter.
Yours Sincerely,
_Prof. Abdullahi Danladi_
Islamic Movement in Nigeria
CC:
1. Barr. Femi Falana, Senior Advocate in Nigeria (SAN)
*©FreeZakzaky Campaign Committee, August 2017*
NSA Mongono’s hate campaign against IMN exposed
BY Free Zakzaky Campaign Committee
A recent report brought to our attention indicates that the National Security Adviser, Major General BN Mongono (rtd) addressed the National Economic Council last Thursday, 17/08/17 indicating the level of hate burning in his chest and evil scheme against the Islamic Movement in Nigeria.
In the lecture delivered to the gathering entitled “OVERVIEW OF SECURITY CHALLENGES IN NIGERIA FOR THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL” and marked “confidential” misinformed the Economic Council that IMN leadership plans to engage some of its members in some form of what he called “suspicious” training abroad. This laughable “confidential” report according to him was a result of what he called “evaluation of intelligence reports.”
The retired Major General, further alleged that already in the first quarter of 2017, IMN sent a contingent from Kano, Kaduna, Katsina and Sokoto states to undergo 3 months training on Shiite ideologies.
According to the NSA, Iran’s strategic interests in Nigeria “is a major concern to national security.” He said that Iran has promoted what he called “Khomeinism” and declared that in no region outside the Middle East has Iran’s ideology made a greater impact than in Northern Nigeria.
What is baffling in the whole of the presentation was lack of concrete evidence for these wild and spurious allegations. That a retired military officer who rose to the rank of a Major General and a supposed Security expert now holding the position of National Security Adviser would ferry these baseless lies as evaluation of “intelligence reports” would easily explain why Nigeria is in such a huge mess.
The main thrust of his baseless arguments lie in what he termed “Shiite ideology” and “Khomeinism” being a major concern to national security. The question is what is this his Shiite ideology and in what ways has it threatened another vague thing he called national security. Where are the antecedents that indicate that those holding Shiite ideologies have threatened the peace, stability and security of Nigeria? Was any of security threats the nation ever faced ever linked with Shiite ideologies? Of all the other security challenges he said facing the country; Cattle rustling, Kidnapping, Boko Haram terrorism, Herdsmen/farmers conflicts, Cultism, Militancy and Piracy, which is fuelled by Shiite ideologies?
This type of NSA’s burning desire to use lies in the name of intelligence reports and being a purveyor of hate for Shiites in Nigeria without basis have been the basis of official terrorism against members of the IMN. It is this type of hate position in high places that constitute some of the drivers of such massive official massacre as we saw in Zaria in December, 2015 where the military turned its brutal might against citizens, killing over a thousand innocent men, women and children over one weekend alone.
People like Monguno are not fit to even hold positions to care for animals, not to talk of to be entrusted with task of national security advising. Hate for a people is what motivates them into their evil actions.
We have noted this and appropriately recorded it as one of several hate campaigns that preceded, accompanied and followed the Zaria genocide. Maj Gen Mongono would be held responsible should any life of any member of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria be threatened or jeopardized henceforth.
*©#FreeZakzaky Campaign Committee, August 2017*
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