Kunle Olasanmi — Oct 9, 2014 |
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) plans to hold a special public hearing on the gruesome killing of peaceful Quds protesters by soldiers, in which 34 members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria including three sons of Shaikh Zakzaky were killed, and over 100 others wounded.
A statement signed by the spokesman of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim Usman and made available to newsmen said the commission told the leaders of the Islamic Movement that the public hearing is scheduled for November this year.
Chairman of the NHRC, Dr Chidi Odinkalu had during a recent visit to Shaikh Zakzaky promised to do all that is legally possible to see that justice is done and the culprits are brought to book.
Human rights groups across the world, both national and international, have expressed readiness to ensure justice is done in the extrajudicial killings of innocent people by Nigerian soldiers on July 25, 2014.
The Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) had visited Nigeria where it conducted preliminary findings on “The Zaria Massacre and the Role of the Military”.
The commission had also last month invited Sheikh Zakzaky and another witness, Dr Musa Shu’aibu, a physician, for panel presentation but they were denied visa.
Sheikh Zakzaky and Dr Shu’aibu, however, addressed the panel via Skype, and the IHRC presented the proceedings to the UN Human Rights Group in Geneva same day.
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