Iranian President Queries Buhari Over The Killing Of Shiites Muslims In Zaria By Burantai

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, gave Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari a 'talking-to' yesterday over the phone, querying him on the news that the Nigerian Chief of Army Staff ordered his convoy to kill hundreds of members of Shiites Muslims in Zaria over the last weekend.

The Iranian president said “minor disputes must not be allowed to turn into deep differences” among Muslims and also demanded for information on the fate of the leader of Nigeria’s “Shia Muslims”.

He also called for a commission of inquiry into the weekend crackdown and action by Nigeria to “appease the victims and restore calm”. In a related development, the Speaker of Iran’s parliament (Majlis) Ali Larijani also yesterday said that the recent attack were a pre-planned plot in the best interests of the Israeli regime

In a letter to Nigeria’s Speaker of the House of Representatives Dogara Yakubu, Larijani added that the painful incident was aimed at causing discord among Muslim sects

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