Members of
Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), otherwise known as Shiites have expressed
concern over plot by the Federal Government to confiscate the landed
property
housing the Islamic centre of the religious group, destroyed by soldiers after
the bloody clash in December 2015.
“We
vehemently reject Federal Government’s move to confiscate our Islamic Centre in
Zaria,” the group said, yesterday, in a statement signed by their spokesman,
Mallam Ibrahim Musa.
According to
Musa, “last Thursday, soldiers of the Nigerian Army were spotted giving cover
to labourers hired by the government to fence the plot, where our Hussainiyyah
(Islamic centre) stood before its destruction by the military during its
genocidal onslaught in December 2015.
“However,
the Kaduna State Urban Planning and Development Agency (KASUPDA) and its
officials are claiming ignorance of the development at the site, when
contacted. This has fuelled suspicion that this is a Federal Government project
under the direct supervision of the military, who have harboured a secret
desire to usurp the property for so long.
“So, we
would like to draw public attention and the international community to the fact
that the land housing our Islamic centre, Husainiyyah Baqiyyatullah, was
legitimately acquired from those who held title to the property. We have all
the necessary duly certified documents and papers to that effect.
“And
although it was unjustifiably vandalised by the unholy alliance of the military
and the Kaduna State government, the plot remains ours. Therefore, Federal
Government has no right to start developing a property that does not belong to
it, as it is a trespass of the highest order.
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