Judicial panel indicts army general, others in Shiites Killings

The General Officer Commanding the Nigerian Army’s 1st Division, Adeniyi Oyebade, a major general, authorized last December’s military operation that massacred at least 347 members of the Shi’a Muslim group in Zaria, and should be prosecuted, a judicial commission of inquiry into the killings, has said in its final report.


According to PremiumTimes, the commission of inquiry, set up by the Kaduna State government has indicted Mr. Oyebade and other senior army officers for the attack.

The panel’s report was submitted to Governor Nasir el-Rufai on Friday, but its details are yet to be made public.

The killings drew worldwide condemnations, and several investigative reports said hundreds of people were killed by government troops and secretly buried in a mass grave in Zaria, Kaduna State.

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