The International Religious Freedom report released by the US Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour for 2017 said, yesterday, that the Federal Government has not held soldiers implicated in the killing of over 300 Shi’ites accountable.
In 2015, soldiers and members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, clashed in Zaria, Kaduna State, and the clash led to the death of over 300 members of the IMN and detention of the leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, by Department of State Services, DSS, despite a court order which granted him bail.
The report said the order, which awarded El-Zakzaky a sum of N25 million as restitution, has also not been complied with.
According to the report, “human rights groups continued to report the Federal Government often failed to prevent, quell, or respond to…
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