Shiite leader Zakzaky
The Media Team of the Academic Forum of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has commiserated with the management and staff of Channels Television of the death of its reporter, Precious Owolabi.
In a statement by Mikail Yunus on behalf of the group, also known as Shiites said the death of the journalist and a Deputy Commissioner of Police, (DCP), Operations of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Usman Umar was unfortunate.
The statement noted that with all sense of objectivity and positivity that characterized ideal minds, IMN said it draws the attention of the public as well as the Lagos branch of the Nigerian Union of Journalist (NUJ) to some of the untrue information contained in the message of tribute by the branch as regards what transpired between the peaceful protesters of the members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria and the Security Operatives on Monday July 22, 2019 that led to loss of lives in the Federal Capital City, Abuja.
It explained that it was imperative to write this text in order to put the general public in the know of what happened and who killed the innocent and active Channels TV reporter, Owolabi Precious.
It said there some missing contents in the tribute message of the Lagos NUJ branch.
IMN which said they were not armed added that many sympathizers and Human Right activists have been teargased and molested by the Policemen in the FCT over time adding that they still remained peaceful.
The Islamic movement said: “It is approaching four years when the once-upon most peaceful town Zaria headquarters of the Islamic movement in Nigeria was thrown into a regrettable and mourning history, consequence of which has continued to cause the deaths of several innocent Nigerians that belong to the Islamic movement.”
The statement added that “Most Nigerians are aware of what happened on the day in question; The protesters started the peaceful protest from NITEL junction and on getting to the Federal Secretariat the Policemen blocked the road and started firing at protesters indiscriminately without minding our composition and they ended up in shooting Owolabi Precious, the Channels TV reporter, the Deputy Commissioner of Police in Charge of Operation in the FCT, 11 of our brothers and sisters were also killed and many others left with bullets injuries.”
