The Muslim sect known as the Shiites has responded to the widely circulated allegation that it carried an assassination attempt on the Chief of Army staff, Buratai.
Tukur Buratai
The Shiite sect has reacted to the
clash between its members and the Nigerian Army on Saturday, which left some persons dead.
In a statement signed by Isak K and posted on the website of the movement, the Shiits stressed that the claim that Buratai
“narrowly escaped assassination as a result of attack from Muslim brothers and Sisters of the Islamic Movement is a blatant lie”.
The statement claimed that members of the movement were unarmed and had gathered for a ceremony at their Husainiyyah base to change the flag on the dome of the building to herald the beginning of the month of Rabiul /Auwal- the birth month of Prophet Muhammad when the incident happened.
“Any excuse given by the military as reason for besieging Hussainiyyah and firing for hours, leading to the death of yet to be specified number of people, is considered a lie of the decade,” the movement added.