Sheikh Zakzaky who made the allegations after the Eid prayer at Husainiyyah baqiyyatullah, Zaria, said his three sons where shot to death by one Brigadier-General S. Okuh.
Meanwhile, the cleric’s three sons were buried yesterday at Shuhada graveyard, along Dembo Village in Zaria.
El-Zakzaky was speaking on the backdrop of the current wave of killings in northern Nigeria, saying that the Quds Day shooting clearly indicated where the orders came from.
“There is nothing like a religious group taking up arms in Nigeria as they are trying to make us believe. On our own part, they came in broad daylight in their military uniforms, fully armed with military inscriptions on their vehicles and committed arson and murder. From this you will understand those killing innocent citizens either in Birnin Gwari forest or Zamfara and other places,” he said.
According to the Sheikh, it is unbelievable that sporadic killings were going with a democratically elected government claiming to be ignorant of the issue.
“There is nothing like Boko Haram killing people; we cannot be fooled. Those in authority are the sole authors of the atrocities,” he added.
Commenting on how his sons were targeted, Zakzaky said: “As they targeted my sons for arrest, in the process they killed one, Mahmoud, whom they shot in the abdomen and he died. They also arrested three others, Ahmad, Hamid and Ali. Through a link, we demanded them to release them to us, but the Commandant of the Basawa military barracks said he would not release them but rather will take them to ABU Teaching Hospital, Shika, for medication. They were in good condition when they were arrested. As they were boarding them into the vehicle, he shot Ahmad three times and threw him into the vehicle.
“He was alive and talking, then, they broke his arms and legs. They started beating Ali, and while Hamid was trying to protect him, they turned to Hamid and stabbed him several times with knives, even on his head. Ahmad was already dead, but Hamid was still telling them words and they shot Ali on his legs. When they realized that Hamid was still talking, they continued stabbing him with knife until they made sure he was dead before they reached the hospital. The name of the person who shot them was Brigadier-General S. Okuh; he is the C.O. Engineer of Bassawa.
“When I demanded the release of my sons through the GOC 1 Mechanised Division, Okuh said he would release them, but not alive. By Allah’s infinite mercy, Ali is alive, he saw how his brothers were brutally murdered before his eyes. He is presently receiving medical attention, as a result of compound fracture on his leg, from the several shootings on his leg.
“When this happened, people really sympathised with me without the usual display of difference instilled in them. This is another calamity they brought among the Muslims. They created groups fighting one another on the basis of sect, but with this nasty event the idea was eradicated completely. We received several condolences from the government circle and even past leader.
Source: Leadership
No comments:
Post a Comment