Nigerian Shiite leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky has accused the Federal Government of turning Nigeria into another Gaza where innocent people are killed with impunity.
The Sheikh who lost three of his sons during a procession in Zaria after military sources reportedly fired on a crowd blamed President Jonathan for the death of his sons.
He said, “It is unfortunate how the authorities have turned Nigeria into another Gaza where the Israelis kill innocent people for no just cause.
“The killing of my children and followers was intentionally planned from Abuja and executed by the soldiers.
“What concerns us at the moment is to perform the funeral rites of those that were killed.”
Speaking on how his sons were killed, he narrated, “The procession started in its usual way after the Friday prayers with people chanting slogans and singing songs condemning the illegal occupation and killing of innocent lives in Israel and ended peacefully.
“It was after the procession had finished that the soldiers came and started shooting sporadically on all that were either going to or from the demonstration.
“All of a sudden there was shooting. People coming to and going back from the procession were shot at. They continued the shooting until some time in the fall of the night. The shooters hid themselves in the Kubanni Sugarcane farms area.”
“My son was shot at as a result of this but was denied medical attention by the blood-thirsty soldiers who blocked the way refusing them access to treatment until he bled to death. It was in the course of the shooting that they shot at my son.”
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