The Headquarters of 1 Division Nigerian Army has said that all the weapons and ammunitions recovered from the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), popularly called the Shi’ites, have been handed over to the police.
At the same time, the army said its attention was drawn to a photograph of dangerous arms and weapons impounded from armed bandits, criminals and cattle rustlers during the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division’s media briefing in Kaduna on Wednesday, January 6, 2016, and wish to correct the mistake of being captioned as weapons seized from Shiites sect members.
Colonel Usman Abdul, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, said in a statement, “We wish to state categorically that all the ammunitions/weapons and other dangerous weapons displayed were recovered from armed bandits, criminals and cattle rustlers that have been terrorizing innocent civil populace within the North West Zone – and not from members of the Shiite sect as reported.
“The issue of the clash between the Nigerian Army troops and members of the Shiite sect was not the main issue of the briefing, but was only mentioned to reiterate the position of the Nigerian Army on the matter. All sorts of weapons recovered specifically from the Shiite sect have been handed over the Police authority few days after the incident.”
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