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Shiites drag I-G, FCT commissioner to UN, Amnesty Int’nal, others over alleged blasphemy

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The Islamic Movement, also known as the Shiites, has filed petitions at the United Nation (UN) and Amnesty International’s offices in Nigeria against the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, and the FCT Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igweh, over allegations bordering on blasphemy against Islam. The Islamic group also petitioned Egbetokun and Igweh at the European Union (EU) and National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)’s offices. Copies of the certified true copies of the petitions were made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. The four petitions were addressed to UN…

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Shiites threaten to sue police over alleged forceful removal of Muslim sisters’ hijab in detention

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The Islamic Movement, also known as Shiites, has threatened to sue the Nigerian Police Force over alleged forceful removal of Muslim sisters’ hijab who were arrested in connection with the 2024 Arba’een Symbolic Trek in Abuja. The Islamic group, in a statement in Abuja by Maryam Sani on behalf of the Sisters’ Forum of the Islamic Movement, under the leadership of his eminence Sayyid Ibraheem Ya’qoub El-Zakzaky (H), also said the alleged rights abuse would be publicised within and outside the country. She condemned the act and considered it blasphemy…

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Court awards N300m fine against police over alleged killing of 3 Shiite’s members in Zaria

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A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has ordered the police authorities to pay a cumulative sum of N300 million to the parents of three Shiite members allegedly killed by its officers while on Islamic procession in 2022 in Zaria. Justice Hawa Buhari, in a judgment, held that the “applicants’ rights as guaranteed under Sections 33, 38, 39, 40, 42 and 46 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended); Order 2, Rules 1, 2, 3, 4, 11 and 12 of the Fundamental Right (Enforcement Procedure) Rules 2009; Article 4, 8, 10,…

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