Hackers sympathetic to Islamic group's cause shutdown Court of Appeal website

Unknown hackers have pulled down the website of the Court of Appeal, seemingly in retaliation for the killings of over 100 members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, also known as the Shiites.

The Shiites, led by Ibrahim el-Zakzaky, had earlier been involved in an altercation with the convoy of the Chief of Army staff, Lt-Gen Tukur Buratai, on December 11, 2015 in Kara, Kaduna State.

Reports later surfaced that the Army had later arrested el-Zakzaky, the leader of the movement, and killed his wife and two of his sons in the process, a claim the Army has vehemently denied.

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Earlier today, Pulse Tech also reported that the website of the Lagos State government was also hacked in a move that may not be unconnected to the steadily increasing protests in support of the Shiites.

The message posted on the website of the Court of Appeal matches that posted on the Lagos State government website, a message which blames the West, Saudi Arabia and some other middle eastern and European countries, as well as the Nigerian government, for the deaths of all the Muslims killed by Boko Haram and ISIS terrorists.

No group has yet come out to claim responsibility for the hacks.