Shariah Council condemns killing of wedding guests in Plateau
The Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria (SCSN) has strongly condemned the killing of 12 Muslim travellers from Kaduna, who were getting back from a marriage ceremony in Mangu Local Government Home of Plateau Notify on Saturday, describing the incident as “barbaric and inhuman.”
In a relate issued in Kaduna on Sunday, the Council decried what it called the routine sample of violence in Plateau Notify, warning that the blueprint has transform a infamous hotspot for spiritual and ethnic bloodshed that needs to be urgently addressed.
“This most modern massacre is one too many. Plateau Notify has persevered to see coordinated attacks on harmless Muslim vacationers. From the Du Pond carnage to the chilly-blooded waste of Predominant Frequent Idris Alkali (rtd), these atrocities are chilling reminders that Muslim lives are quiet handled as expendable,” the relate read.
Signed by AbdurRahman Hassan, Secretary of the Council in Kaduna Notify, the crew demanded instantaneous motion by the Plateau Notify Government to arrest and prosecute these accountable for the killings. It warned that delaying justice would most realistic embolden extra violence.
“We inquire nothing decrease than the arrest and prosecution of the criminals unhurried this execrable act. Ample is ample,” Hassan declared.
The Council furthermore suggested the Kaduna Notify Government to transfer beyond issuing press statements and explore correct channels, along side the pursuit of **diyyah** (blood money) for the households of the victims and compensation for the injured.
“We commend the Kaduna Notify Government for its advised response. Nonetheless, it must not dwell at mere rhetoric. Even though it device initiating correct court docket cases against the Plateau Notify Government, the households of the deceased deserve justice and reparations.”
SCSN argued that the most modern assault is segment of a deeply troubling sample of selective killings in Plateau Notify. The crew warned that the failure of authorities to decisively contend with such incidents has most realistic fueled sectarian mistrust and stress within the blueprint.
“The authorities must scoot beyond fire-brigade responses and confront the foundation causes of these conflicts, which have festered for a protracted time and claimed hundreds of lives,” the Council said. “The peace of Plateau can not be built on the graves of the harmless. Simply reconciliation begins with justice.”
Whereas urging Kaduna residents to dwell light and legislation-abiding, the Council cautioned that persevered provocation without fracture result could perhaps well push communities to the brink.
“We bustle our folk not to find the legislation into their hands. But we warn that patience has limits. Let no one mistake our civility for weakness,” the relate added.
The Council concluded by praying for the repose of the souls of the deceased and a like a flash recovery for the injured. It furthermore identified as for pressing nationwide consideration on what it described as “the unhurried genocide of Muslims in Plateau.”
The incident has persevered to arrangement frequent condemnation and calls for for justice all over northern Nigeria.
