Do Not Create Another Boko Haram - Muslim Group Warns Military Over Killing of Shiite Members

Posted by Samuel on Mon 14th Dec, 2015 - tori.ng

Following the clash between the army and the Islamic sect, Shiites over the weekend that left many people dead, the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs has warned the military not to instigate the rise of another insurgent group.

Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky,

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has warned the Nigerian military authorities against plunging the country into another Boko Haram-like insurgency with the repeated attacks on members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria.

In a statement Sunday, the NSCIA said in a statement by its Secretary General, Is-haq Oloyede, that it was shocked and saddened by the fresh outbreak of deadly violence in Zaria‎.

Olayede said: “While there are claims and counter-claims on what actually precipitated the latest heart-rending incident,‎ the NSCIA‎ urges the authorities to exercise restraint.”

He also said the history of the circumstances that engendered the outbreak of militant insurgency in the past, with serious consequences that Nigeria is yet to recover from, should not be allowed to repeat itself.

The Boko Haram sect took up arms against the Nigerian state when its leader, Mohammed Yusuf, was extrajudicially murdered by the Nigeria Police.

“We urge the Federal Government to immediately constitute a Judicial Commission of Inquiry to thoroughly unravel the immediate and remote causes of the current mayhem.

“Besides, the Commission should also investigate the past incidents involving the Movement so that justice can be done,” the group said.