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Shiites allege FG plot to perpetually detain, harm El-Zakzaky, wife
Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), better known as Shi’ites, have raised the alarm over alleged plots by the Department of State Security (DSS), to perpetually keep and possibly harm their leader Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife.
Zakzaky and his wife have been detained by the DSS since December 2015 when Shiites clashed with the Nigerian Army in Zaria, Kaduna State which resulted in the death of several members of the Islamic sect.
The group in a statement, the President, Media Forum of IMN, Ibrahim Musa, said, “We have reliably learnt of a sinister attempt to forcibly take Zakzaky to an unknown destination, claiming ‘orders from above.’ We vehemently reject any such attempt. This is coming up at a time when a federal High Court has ordered his release.
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“Rather than comply with the judgement, the DSS is out with this sinister plot aimed at keeping him perpetually, and possibly, harm him. The Federal Government will be held responsible for any untoward thing that will happen to Sheikh Zakzaky and his wife in the custody of the DSS.
“We wish to alert the general public and the international community about this desperate attempt by government to scuttle the fundamental human rights of our leader, only affirmed by the courts a few days ago,” the statement read.
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