Leader of the Shiit Group in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky has said that he knew those who detonated explosion that killed members of his group who were in procession from Kano to Zaria last week.
Elzakzaky, who was reacting to the bomb attack on participants in the Arba’een symbolic trek in Kano, which led to the death of over 24 per sons and more than 60 injured, said that the attack was manipulated to make the public believe that a certain faceless group named Boko Haram launched the attack through a suicide bomber.
Zakzaky who spoke at the end of Nahjul Balagha study session held at Hussainiyyah Baqiyyatullah, Zaria, Kaduna State said: “there is nothing like a suicide bomber. They tortured and drugged unsuspecting captives and made them carriers of the explosives, which they detonated amidst people.”
According to him, after the Friday attack, the perpetrators were sighted on Monday in two Hilux vans burying explosives along Kano route, but it was averted.
“We know the names of the contractors and those contracted to commit the massacre. Their identity is not hidden from us. Therefore we cannot be cowed by an imaginary Boko Haram tale. Let them tell it to the fools and ignorant. They should know that they are dealing with those with foresight, wisdom and intelligence and above all with the real religion.”
He said that the announcement by the Department of State Service (DSS) that there were going to be attacks on places on mosques and churches by female insurgents have given them away, adding: “how did they know about it and where it will happen? It clearly means they are accomplice to the atrocity.
“The perpetrators of the Kano bomb attack were the same people that seven years ago in broad daylight attacked us and killed two people, attacked Ashura procession and killed people in Potiskum and killed 34 people during Quds Day procession in Zaria in 2014.
“In most cases, these killers carry out the offensive under the watchful eyes of security operatives, sometimes escorted by tinted glass vehicles.”
According to Zakzaky, last year’s bombs were buried along routes of the trek, while a similar episode was planned to be repeated this time around.
He pointed out that mass massacre of Muslims has become a vogue across the world, saying: “Reason with this: Who is carrying out senseless killings in Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon? They are the same people carrying out attacks here and we know them. We cannot be cowed.”
Shaikh Zakzaky said Arba’een as a mass movement of the people based on faith is now instituted and ever increasing and there is nothing anybody can do about it.
He prayed to Allah to send his wrath on those contractors of the killings and those carrying out the killings, adding: “may they not reap the proceeds of the contract. In Allah we depend and He will protect us.” [myad]
