Zaria residents beg FG to save them from Shiites.

To some residents of Zaria and the neighbors of Ayatollah Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, life would be much better without the Islamic Movement of Nigeria.

These people want the Shiite sect proscribed because of over twenty years of oppression they have suffered from the movement.

Here is what the spokesman of the communities, Alhaji Idris Mohammed Baba told newsmen in Zaria on Saturday.

“My experience with Shiite followers is disastrous and terrible. At a point Shi’ite boys threatened to kill me. We are happy over the military action against Shi’ites movement in Zaria because we have fresh air now blowing in our areas.

“As a community, we wrote letters to the government about the  activities of Shi’ites but no single action was taken. We no longer report Shi’ites to police because they will never honour police or security invitation.

“These Shi’ites are an authority unto themselves; they don’t respect the authorities, the  security agencies and so on.

“We are Muslims but we discovered that   Shi’ites activities are contrary to Islam. They carry dangerous weapons and openly molest innocent people in our areas. Human rights groups should also look into our pains by the  sect members.”

Another resident, Alhaji Saidu Garba expressed happiness over the actions recently taken by the military and government against the sect.

“After  El-Zakzaky was released from detention in 1999,he came and settled in Gyallesu. Since then there is no peace in our area. We thank Allah for touching the heart of government and the military for liberating us from Shi’ites untold hardship,” he said

The community alleged that the Shiites had in May 2015, declared 24 youths persona non-grata for challenging their activities in Gyallesu where Zakzaky has his residence.

“Before, we can’t grant interview to the world about Shiites activities, but now (after Shiites clash with military), we are sleeping with our two eyes closed."