The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has called for an emergency ‘expanded general purpose meeting’ in response to the mass killing of the members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria.
The NSCIA is the highest Islamic body in Nigeria with its president being the Sultan of Sokoto, Saad Abubakar.
According to Premium Times, the NSCIA has invited about 200 top Muslim leaders to discuss the mass killing.
The leaders have reportedly already started arriving Abuja.
According to a source quoted in the report, “The meeting will hold at 4pm today at the National Mosque.”
Another source said those attending Wednesday’s meeting include all elected officials of the NSCIA as well as all past leaders of the body.
“Others are leaders of all Islamic organisations in Nigeria, top Muslim leaders, clerics, scholars and traditional rulers.”
Former governors, Inspectors General of Police, ministers, all former Chiefs of Army Staff, Chiefs of Naval Staff, Chiefs of Air Staff, and Chiefs of Defence Staff who are Muslims have also been asked to attend the meeting.
“Those serving in the present administration are however, excluded,” the source said.
A top official of the NSCIA, who pleaded for anonymity revealed that the meeting was called because the NSCIA was “shocked by the silence of both the government and the human rights community over the massacre”.
“Where is our humanity, how can a people be so massacred and we all remain silent as if it is normal.”
“Today it is the Shiite, tomorrow, it could be me or you,” he said.
The official disclosed that the meeting would most likely institute a panel to investigate the remote and immediate causes of the tragic incident.
“We might also look at how to engage the government over this ugly incident,” he said.
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