Controversy: Saudi Masterminded Shiites Massacre- Witness

An eyewitness and student of the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, has revealed that the Saudi embassy in Abuja directly commanded the Nigerian army attacks on the Shiite Muslims in Zaria region which allegedly claimed hundreds of civilian lives.

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The witness, Ismail Shoaib said in an interview with al-Waqt news website on Sunday, December 20, that: “Informed sources from inside the Nigerian regime have stated that the incident happened in coordination with the Saudi embassy and the Nigerian army directly took the order for attack from the Saudi mission in Abuja.”

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He added: “We also saw that the commandos driving on an army vehicle who attacked the Hussainiya (Shiites’ religious center) were not Nigerians and were white people who were spraying bullets directly on the people.”

Shoaib further revealed that the new Nigerian government has been receiving financial aids from Saudi Arabia in the past six months.

On Thursday, December 17, political activists claimed that the Nigerian army forces were burying and setting fire on the corpses of those Shiite Muslims who had been killed during the recent raids.

They said that the army was attempting to destroy every evidences of its crimes against the suppressed Muslim community.

The activists debate that adding if the army had any convincing reason for the mass-killing, it wouldn’t resort to such methods to conceal its crimes.

It will be recalled that the Nigerian army allegedly attacked two religious centers of the country’s Shiite community on December 12, killing hundreds of defenseless civilians there. A few hours later on December 13, the military arrested Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky after raiding his house and killing three of his sons, assistants and followers.

Meanwhile, the Nigerian Senate and the House of Representatives have invited the chief of army staff, Major-General Tukur Buratai to answer questions regarding the bloodbath in Zaria.

The invitation follows several calls by pressure groups, activists and members of the international community, seeking that the Nigerian government properly investigate the deadly clash.

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