We'll appeal judgment that freed 92 Shiites- Kaduna Govt.

The Kaduna State Government is set to appeal the court ruling that freed 91 Shiites who had been detained for over four years.

According to the court, the Kaduna government could not prove its case against the Shiites.

The Shiites, members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria were arrested in December 2015 after hundreds of Shiites were massacred by the army for blocking a public road.

Over 330 Shiites were killed in the massacre that has been condemned by local and international rights groups including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.

The killings are currently being investigated by the International Criminals Court.

No soldier or army officer has been prosecuted for the massacre.

91 Shiites freed on Friday were arrested after the 2015 incident for their alleged roles in it.

In a statement by its attorney-general, Aisha Dikko, the Kaduna government said it is “dissatisfied with the ruling of the court which is, in our view, erroneous in law, perverse and cannot be supported having regards to the evidence led before the court by the prosecution.”

The Kaduna State High Court on Friday discharged the Shiites whom the Kaduna government accused of “Criminal Conspiracy, Culpable Homicide, Unlawful Assembly, Disturbance of Public Peace and Wrongful Restraint.”