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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 killed by its officers while on an Islamic procession in 2022 in Zaria.
They alleged that on August 8, 2022, the officers of the Nigerian Police shot and killed Jafar Magaji, Aliyu Lawal and Muhsin Badamasi while observing their religious act of worship; Ashura Procession in Zaria City.
The judgment in favour of the Shiites was delivered by Justice Hawa Buhari in Kaduna, the Kaduna State capital.
The call was made on behalf of the Islamic Movement by Sheikh Sidi Munir Mainasara in a statement on Saturday.
A combined team of security operatives including soldiers and Nigeria Police Force personnel on Friday in Abuja dispersed members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) popularly known as "Shiites" during the Ashura procession injuring two persons. The group embarked on their procession from Banex Plaza shortly after the Juma’at service to commemorate Ashura but they were abruptly dispersed by armed security operatives who fired teargas canisters and live ammunition to disperse them.