The Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency (CESJET) has urged security agencies to hold the Shiite sect responsible for the deaths recorded during its violent protest on Wednesday.
A statement by CESJET’s Executive Director, Joyce Adamu blamed the Shiites for daring the state and attempting to create a parallel government and constitution for themselves in the name of freedom of religion.
The statement said IMN’s decision to attempt holding processions when it had been proscribed by the Kaduna State government was provocative and was intended to breach the peace, provoke confrontation with security agencies and cause the kind of violent response witnessed on Wednesday.
It said IMN’s confrontations with citizens in Katsina, Kano, Sokoto and other states was an indication that people across Nigeria support their state governments to outlaw the extremist sect the way Kaduna state did and that the Federal Government must also outlaw the group as part of the nation’s counter terror efforts.
CESJET noted that “the Shiite group’s years of terror has made the people across the north to be united against the wave of terrorism by IMN members and that they are ready to stake anything to support the security agencies in curbing their menace. The people are vehemently against them in Funtua and Kaduna, which is a wake up call to the government that it must be proactive and respect people’s will to avoid them taking law into their own hands.”
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