Army’s claim of assassination attempt is the ‘lie of the decade’ – Shiite sect

The Shi’a Islamic Movement has accused the Nigerian Army of peddling the ‘lie of the decade’ by alleging that the group attempted to assassinated the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Tukur Buratai.

Earlier on Saturday, the Army and the Shiite Muslims clashed at the movement’s headquarters- Hussainia Baqeeyatullah- in the PZ area of Zaria.

Several people have been reported dead from the confrontation that lasted for hours.

The Army had subsequently claimed that the Shiite Muslims were acting under the instruction of Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, the leader of the Shi’a Islamic Movement center- Husainiyyah Baqeeyatullah.

Reacting to the Army’s claims, the Muslim group released a statement posted on its website by Isak K.

The movement said the claim that the COAS “narrowly escaped assassination as a result of attack from Muslim brothers and Sisters of the Islamic Movement is a blatant lie”.

“The flimsy excuse given by the Nigerian Army, as reported by some Media outlets, that a Commandant or Chief of Army Staff (COAS) narrowly escaped assassination as a result of attack from Muslim brothers and Sisters of the Islamic Movement is a blatant lie.”

“The attack on the defenseless people by the Nigerian Soldiers is unprovoked. The claim by the Army raises series of questions in the mind of right thinking people. The armless Muslims gathered for ceremony at Husainiyyah, as usual to change the flag on the dome of Husainiyyah, heralding the beginning of the month of R/Auwal- the birth month of the Prophet Muhammad Peace and blessing of Allah be upon him and his household.”

Any excuse given by the military as reason for besieging Husaniyyah and firing for hours, leading the death of yet to be specified number of people, is considered a lie of the decade.

“In the same vein, any report of CLASH between brothers and Nigerian soliders or ATTACK on the convoy of COAS , as given by some media,   is also untrue as nothing like a clash or attack but a crackdown on a defenceless people by blood thirsty soldiers,” the statement said.

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