The Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai has said that Shiite leader, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky who was earlier arrested by the Army has been handed over to the appropriate authorities for prosecution.
The Army Chief told l a delegation from the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA at the Army Headquarters, Abuja that El-Zakzaky had been handed over for prosecution and that the society should not tolerate lawlessness.
His words ;
“As a responsible and law abiding organisation, we will do all that we can to always safeguard lives and property.
“As for the whereabouts of the Shi’ite leader, he is not in our custody; he has been handed over to the appropriate authorities for prosecution because we don’t prosecute.
“What happened was avoidable and unfortunate, we followed the rules of engagement as enshrined in the constitution but what happened still happened.”
Earlier, the leader of the NSCIA, Prof. Daud Noibi, who said the group was at the Army headquarters on a fact-finding mission had requested the Army's permission to meet with El-Zakzaky.
Noibi expressed his organization's concern over the Zaria incident and reaffirmed the commitment of the council to see that peace returns to the area.
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