Army Says Inciting Statements Will Not be Tolerated from Shiites

The military high command has issued a warning to members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (also known as the Shiites), to henceforth shy away from making statements that are capable of misleading and breaching public peace and order.The Army, in a statement by its spokesperson, Colonel Sani Usman, argued that, “The Army is aware of a clandestine campaign of calumny and misinformation on the incident of Dec.12, 2015 in Zaria.“A group of high-ranking members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), led by one Dr Abdullahi Danladi, a lecturer at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria was at the university on Wednesday soliciting for support and telling lies about the circumstances surrounding the incident and the incident itself.“He also went further to make false and unfounded allegations of casualty figures and desecration of burial grounds.“Dr Danladi and like-minded individuals should be warned to desist from telling lies and misrepresentation of facts capable of misleading the general public.”“This attitude will not be tolerated where people abuse their privileged position to mislead the public, create disaffection.“Nigerians and indeed all well-meaning people are pleased enjoined to be patient and await the outcome of the various inquiries instituted by various government and non-governmental agencies.”