Kaduna formally gazettes proscription of Nigerian Shiite group, IMN

The Kaduna State Government on Wednesday officially released a Gazette on Ibrahim El-Zakzaky led Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN,that has been declared unlawful society.

The government disclosed that it “did not and cannot ban any religion, but it has a duty to declare unlawful any group that threatens peace and security.”

Addressing a news conference in Kaduna, Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s spokesman, Samuel Aruwan, said government upholds religious freedoms and all constitutional rights of every resident to practice the religion of their choice.

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