The Islamic Movement in Nigeria has dragged the Inspector-General of Police and the Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital, Abuja, to court over the refusal of the duo to release the corpses of its members killed during a protest in 2019.
The Shiites, according to a statement, filed a contempt suit against the duo at the Federal High Court, Abuja.
According to the statement signed by Abdullahi Musa on behalf of the Academic Forum of the IMN, the IGP and medical director had disobeyed a judgment delivered by the court on June 29, 2020, which ordered for the release of the corpses of free-Zakzaky protesters killed by the police at Federal Secretariat, Abuja.
The statement reads, “The public is aware that on Monday, 22nd July 2019, police officers attacked a Free-Zakzaky protest and opened fire on the protesters which led to the killing of 14 protesters, one unknown person, a deputy commissioner of police and a journalist with Channels TV.
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