Army cautions Shi’ites against inciting comments By NAN

The leader of Islamic Movement of Nigeria

otherwise known as Shi”te, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky

The Nigerian Army has warned members of the
Islamic Movement of Nigeria, to desist from
making misleading comments, capable of
breaching public peace and order.
This is contained in a statement issued by Army
spokesman, Col. Sani Usman and made available
to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
“The Army is aware of clandestine campaign of
calumny and misinformation on the incident of
Dec.12, 2015 in Zaria.’’
He said that “a group of high ranking members
of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), led by one
Dr Abdullahi Danladi, a lecturer at Ahmadu Bello
University Zaria,’’ had misrepresented facts about
the incident.
“He was at the university on Wednesday
soliciting for support and telling lies about the
circumstances surrounding the incident and the
incident itself.
“He also went further to make false and
unfounded allegations of casualty figures and
desecration of burial grounds.
“Dr Abdullahi Danladi and like minded
individuals should be warned to desist from
telling lies and misrepresentation of facts capable
of misleading the general public.”
The statement said the actions of Danladi was
preposterous and showed lack of concern and
respect for peace and tranquility.
It said that the Army would not sit back and
allow some mischievous elements in the society to
further create unnecessary tension and
disaffection in the society.
It urged the public to disregard the misleading
campaign by the sect.
“This attitude will not be tolerated where people
abuse their privileged position to mislead the
public, create disaffection.
“Nigerians and indeed all well meaning people
are please enjoined to be patient and await the
outcome of the various enquiries instituted by
various government and non-governmental
agencies.”