The Nigerian Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, said on Thursday that the arrested Shi'ite leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zak-Zaky, is no longer in the custody of the Army.
Buratai, who ordered the soldiers to kill hundreds of unarmed Shiite of the Islamic Movement last week in Zaria, said this when he met with a delegation from the Nigerian Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) at the Army Headquarters, Abuja.
The Army chief, who was responding to the request by NSCIA to meet with the Shiite leader, said that El-Zakzaky had been handed over to the appropriate authorities for prosecution.
According to Buratai, lawlessness! must not be tolerated in the society especially when a part of the country is confronted with terrorism.
