The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the December 12, 2015 clash between soldiers and members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria in Zaria, Kaduna state has submitted its final report to the State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai.
The report was submitted to the Governor at Government House, Kaduna by the Chairman of the Commission, Justice Mohammed Garba.
Mr Garba said that the panel received over 3,000 memoranda from different groups and individuals both within and outside the state.
He explained that the panel gave all warring parties right of fair hearing in line with its mandate.
The Chairman, however, informed the Governor that the Islamic movement failed to appear before the Commission to give their own account of the incident.
Governor El-Rufai inaugurated the Judicial Commission of Inquiry to find out the immediate and remote causes of the incident and make recommendations.
Responding after receiving the report, Governor El-Rufai assured the panel that the report would be diligently studied and implemented to ensure a future occurrence of such ugly incident in any part of the state is prevented.
Although Governor El-Rufai said that the commission’s report will not be made public for the time being.
The Spokesman for the movement, Ibrahim Musa, has reacted to the claim by the Commission that they refused to make submissions.
He explained that by the continuous detention of their leader and other members, the Nigerian government showed that they will not get justice from the Commission of Inquiry.
He maintained that the only way peace would reign is to release the Shiites leader, Sheik Ibraheen El-Zakzaky and other members of the group from detention.
