Army reveals what really happened with El-Zakzaky – Colonel Sani Usman, the spokesman of the Nigerian army, in an interview with Vanguard, has given the army’s account of what really happened in Zaria, and what led to the deaths of many people.
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The incidents involving members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) and the military have left many questions unanswered.
While the army claimed that members of the movement attempted to kill the chief of army staff, Tukur Buratai, the Shi’ites denied the accusation saying that the soldiers attacked unarmed citizens and killed hundreds if not thousands of IMN members.
Zeenat, the wife of the leader of the group, Ibrahim Zakzaky, and Aliy, Zakzaky’s son, were said to be among the scores of people killed during a siege on the sect’s enclave by the Nigerian army on Saturday, the group has said.
Three of Zakzaky’s sons had been killed in a similar attack by the Nigerian army in July 2014.
Though pictures of El-Zakzaky soaked in blood have appeared, his fate is still unknown.
Sani Usman gave the army’s account of the events:
“Sometime around 2:30pm, along Sokoto Road, by the Railway Clinic, a group of youths started coming from the PZ end, close to the spiritual headquarters of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria.
“What they did was to start encircling the convoy of the Chief of the Army Staff. We came down, we pleaded with them and we wanted them to see reason but, before you could say Jack Robinson, some of them had started throwing stones and you could hear loud bangs.
“Remember again, there were series of arguments. They alleged that some days ago, some security operatives went to a particular village and murdered their people. Meanwhile, there was nothing like that. What actually happened was that there was an altercation between the Islamic movement and some other Islamic sect over the location or ownership of a mosque. Then they changed the argument that they were having a funeral procession.
“For goodness sake, there was’t any funeral procession and, of course, when the leader was giving an interview on the BBC Hausa Service, he said they were hoisting a flag. Please, which flag are you going to hoist at 2.30 in the afternoon?
“And, in any case, in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, there is no flag that is more important than the National Flag.
“They had made bonfires and there was stone-throwing all over the place and no amount of pleading could get them to see reason.
“They made it clear that they had done it to several other people and that the Chief of the Army Staff was nobody and he could not pass through that road.
“People who were responsible for the safety and security of the Chief of the Army Staff had to clear the way for the Chief of the Army Staff.
“I want to honestly tell you that all these things were premeditated, they were planned and, before you knew it, they started encircling.”
As to El-Zakzaky he said: “I can tell you that, contrary to the rumour that is going on, he is alive.”
Usman added that the sect members were equipped with machetes and catapults.
“They also had petrol bombs and were always hiding behind trees,” he noted.
The army’s spokesman said the allegation that the military opened fire on the sect is subject to investigation and he would not discuss it.
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