The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad
Abubakar, led Jama’atu Nasril Islam on Monday in Kaduna raised the
alarm that the Nigerian Army was out to wipe out the entire Muslims in
the name of fighting terrorism in the land.
The JNI insisted that the Nigerian
Muslims, especially in some Northern parts of the country, were now
considered an endangered species, expressing concern over the dimension
of extra-judicial killing of Muslims in the country.Continue reading...
The Secretary-General of the JNI, Dr.
Khalid Aliyu, in a statement on behalf of the religious body in Kaduna
on Monday also noted with sadness the incident of Keana 15 in
Narasarawa state where innocent Muslims were mercilessly massacred.
According to the JNI, the various cases
of massacre of Muslims by the military in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe
states under the guise of fighting terrorism were unacceptable.
The JNI said, “the dimension of
extrajudicial killing of Muslims by the military on unsubstantiated
suspicion leaves much to be desired, which clearly depicts that Muslims
have become an endangered species, murdered and maimed indiscriminately
under the guise of fighting terrorism.
“We can say without any fear of
contradiction that there is a grand agenda to destabilise the Muslim
Ummah in Nigeria. If any Nigerian is in doubt regarding the hidden
agenda to destabilise Muslims in Nigeria, and cautiously reduce their
rising human capital, then the Zamfara State incident should have
removed this doubt.
“An event where vigilance personnel
working to restore peace would be the subject of a grand massacre, tells
much about the chaos and insecurity some enemies want to push our
states into. We call on all our governors, politicians and indeed every
well-meaning citizens to do something before it gets out of hand.”
The group added, “where is the human
rights compliance and rule of engagement by the military personnel
involved in maintaining peace and security? Why are the defaulting
military personnel not brought to book as a deterrent?
“The military should know that it is
extremely dangerous to polarise security agencies along religious line.
It will have far-reaching negative effect on the country, especially at
this material time, when the efforts of all are required to cushion the
effect of the pains we are passing through.
“JNI unequivocally condemns the
extrajudicial killing of 15 Fulani Muslims in Keana, the raping and
subsequent killing of Binta Usman, the milk maid and all the human
rights abuses on innocent Muslims in Maidugri.
“We strongly call for the bringing to
justice of the perpetrators of transgression against innocent citizens
who have the right to practise the religion they choose.”
However, efforts to get the reaction of
the Nigerian Army spokesman, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, were
unsuccessful as his telephone lines were not reachable.
Source: Punch
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