The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (aka
Shiites) has absolved itself of the murder of the Deputy commissioner of
Police in charge of operations in the FCT, DCP Usman Musa, saying that
he may have been a victim of “friendly fire”.
DCP Umar, a
Channels TV reporter and several other members of the IMN died during a
protest by the IMN on Monday that turned violent.
In an
exclusive interview with Vanguard, the spokesman of the IMN, Ibrahim
Musa reiterated that members of the movement do not carry weapons so
they could not have been responsible for the senior policeman’s death.
According
to him, several members of the movement died during the protest as a
result of the violence unleashed on them by security agents.
He
said “a quick analysis of images and video clips showed that the Free
Zakzaky procession was peacefully progressing prior to the brutal
crackdown. It also clearly showed that the protesters weren’t bearing
arms and traffic was moving smoothly without hindrance.
“The
images also showed the police, armed to the teeth, intent in stopping
the movement of the protesters. Few other policemen and plain cloth
security agents were seen piling used tyres for use to set bonfires. By
the time the police struck, about a dozen members of the Islamic
Movement had been killed. The police were seen picking the corpses to an
undisclosed location, perhaps for mass burial.
“Also shot were a
journalist with the Channels TV and their colleague, an Deputy
Commissioner of Police, whom photographs showed was struck from the back
of his head with the bullet exit in front, an indication that he was a
victim of “friendly fire.”
“As if to hide this fact, the late
policeman was hurriedly buried without any form of postmortem
examination, which would have revealed the source of the bullet” he
said.
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