The Islamic Movement in Nigeria
(IMN) on Sunday stated that it would not be deceived by photos and video of its
leader, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky.
It also warned the Buhari
government to stop propaganda against the group and its supreme head.
El-Zakzaky, in a brief chat with
newsmen, at an undisclosed location in Abuja, said he was alive and “feeling
better”.
His clearance to come out of the
heavily guarded building by the Department of State Services (DSS) followed
rumours surrounding his health.
Last week, there was tension in
some states, particularly Kaduna, after news broke that the Shiites leader was
dead.
The DSS, however, at the weekend,
decided to prove that he is not dead as being speculated.
In a statement issued on Sunday
in Kaduna, spokesman of the Islamic group, also known as Shiite, Ibrahim Musa,
said: “We are not placated by Sheikh Zakzaky’s video clip.”
Musa said although it was
cheering to see the IMN leader speaking live in the short video clip after over
two years of illegal detention, “it falls very short of expectations of his
total and unconditional freedom as ordered by the Federal High Court in Abuja.
“Credible and dependable sources
have it that the arranged interview by the security men was made to appear as
impromptu, but our leader, Sheikh Zakzaky, granted a much longer interview and
addressed far more issues than was released.
“What did he say about his
continuing detention? What did he say about his similarly incarcerated wife and
her own ill- health? What did he say about the legal tussle or even how the
whole saga began in the first place? What did he say about the destruction of
his properties, the desecration of his mother and children’s graves?
“What did he have to say about
the killing of his elder sister, a nephew, three sons and over a thousand of
his disciples? What was his reaction to the mass grave at Mando in Kaduna which
the security did their utmost best to conceal?
“Why did he opt to challenge his
supposed ‘protective custody’ on court when the authorities are telling the
world that it was of his own volition? Why did he reject going to Kaduna State
constituted Judicial Commission of Inquiry but submitted a memo to Vice
President Yemi Osinbajo panel of investigation only to refuse giving testimony
in secret? The questions are nearly endless.
“We challenge the security forces
to either release to the public the full unedited interview, or allow an open
live free interview with no restrictions.
“The local and global free
Zakzaky campaigns will most certainly continue. Our goal is not to see Zakzaky
in a controlled press clip but our goal is his unconditional freedom and his
wife as ordered by a competent Nigerian court. Nothing short of that will
suffice.”
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