The Islamic Movement in Nigeria has said that the move by the police to arrest its leaders and members nationwide was targeted at curtailing their religious freedom and liberty.
The group stated that the planned arrest was aimed at preventing its members from conducting their religious mourning obligations, noting the Federal Government, has since 2015, exploited the commencement of the first month of the Islamic calendar “to persecute, kill and maim Shi’ites.”
He blamed the sect for the death of DCP Umar Usman and a youth corps member, Precious Owolabi, during a police clash with the Shi’ites on July 22 in Abuja, and hinged the directive on the proscription of the IMN by a court. He said, “It is on record that the Buhari administration, since its inception in 2015, has always used the commencement of the first month of the Islamic calendar, Muharram to persecute, kill and maim us and deny us any space to conduct all our religious rites expected of all Shi’ites.”
This, he said, was done in violation of a substantive court order from a Sokoto High Court obtained on January 31, 2018, restraining the police force from curtailing the activities of the IMN in the state.
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