The Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), otherwise known as Shiite has sent a word of warning to the Federal Government not to trespass on the land it legitimately acquired in Zaria.
In a statement by the President, media forum of the group, Ibrahim Musa, the Shiite stressed:” the federal government has no right to start developing a property that does not belong to it. This is a trespass of the highest order.”
In the statement, Ibrahim Musa said that yesterday, Friday, soldiers of the Nigerian Army were spotted giving cover to labourers that were hired by the government to fence the plot where the group’s Hussainiyyah Islamic center stood with a view to destructing it by the Military.
He said that though, the Kaduna State Urban Planning & Development Agency (KASUPDA) and its officials have claimed ignorance of the development at the site when contacted but that the action is being taken by the federal government under the direct supervision of the military, “who have harboured a secret desire to usurp the property for so long.
“We will like to draw the attention of the public and the international community to the fact that the land housing our Islamic centre, Husainiyyah Baqiyyatullah, was legitimately acquired from those who held title to the property. We have all the necessary duly certified documents and papers to that effect. Although it was unjustifiably vandalized by the unholy alliance of the military and the Kaduna state government under the tutelage of Elrufai, the plot remains ours.
“It is also noteworthy that the destruction of the Husainiyyah complex is part of a current legal tussle before federal courts in Kaduna. Furthermore, the site is a crime site, where extrajudicial murder of hundreds of citizens by the government took place. It is morally wrong for the government to therefore tamper with evidence.
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