Ibrahim Musa, the president, Media Forum of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, has announced that the group is set to publicly release a book written about the massacre of Shi’ites members by the Nigerian Army in December, 2015.
The book, with the title “December 2015 massacre of Shi’ites in Nigeria: survivors account” was written by him.
The Nigerian Army in December 2015, confronted the Shi’ites in Zaria for blocking the convoy of the Nigerian Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, leaving many dead.
In a publication by the PUNCH on Monday, January 20, Musa said;
“This is not new to most of those following the news from Nigeria for the past four years, mostly due to the agitation by the surviving members of the Islamic Movement for the freedom of their leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, who was also severally shot before arrest and subsequent detention incommunicado.
“However, what this book adds is a new unique narration of what actually happened on those dark days of 12-14th December, 2015 as told by the survivors of the heinous Zaria massacre as it became known.
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“This is not new to most of those following the news from Nigeria for the past four years, mostly due to the agitation by the surviving members of the Islamic Movement for the freedom of their leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, who was also severally shot before arrest and subsequent detention incommunicado.
“However, what this book adds is a new unique narration of what actually happened on those dark days of 12-14th December, 2015 as told by the survivors of the heinous Zaria massacre as it became known.