The Kaduna State government yesterday revealed that 347 Shiites killed
by Nigerian troops during the clash with the Army on December 12th
2015, were buried in mass graves after members of their family did not
come for their corpse two days after the attack.
Secretary to the State Government Balarabe Lawal made
the revelation while speaking at the Public Hearing of the Judicial
Commission of Inquiry into the killings.
According to Lawal, 191 corpses were taken from the Nigerian Army Depot
in Zaria and buried in a mass grave in the Mando area of Kaduna State
while another 156 corpses from Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital
in Zaria were also buried in the Mando area.
He added that 40 Nigerian military men supervised the mass burial which
was led by a major in the army.
Also testifying before the commission was the Director-General of the
Kaduna State Interfaith Agency, Nnamdi Musa who stated that the mass
burials took place on December 14th and 15th and was authorized by the
Kaduna Chief Magistrate’s Court
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