Some residents of Zaria in Kaduna state, have narrated how for about 20 years, the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, otherwise known as Shiites, Sheikh Ibraheemm El-ZakZaky allegedly ran a parallel government and, together with members of the group, held them hostage.
Spokesman of the residents, Alhaji Idris Mohammed Baba, who addressed news men today in Kaduna, said that the Shiites had held them in Zaria and Sabon Gari local government areas hostage with impunity, as they allegedly operated a parallel government.
Idris, who however described the recent killing of members of the sect in recent clash with the Nigerian army as unfortunate, called on the Federal Government to urgently call the Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky-led movement in their communities to order in the interest of peace and stability.
He recalled that sometimes in May 2015, 24 youths in the Gyellesu area of Zaria where Sheikh Zakzaky is resident, were declared persona non grata for daring to challenge the impunity being allegedly perpetrated by members of the sect.
Narrating the ordeals of residents of Zaria in the hands of the sect members for over 20 years, Baba alleged that at some point, the sect members even threatened to kill him. [myad]
There is no explanation of the kind of impunity exhibited by the Shiites for 20 years in Zaria. Do more in depth investigation so that your readers will know the atrocities committed by these people.