The Amnesty International (AI)
has advised the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), to seek justice for its
leader, Ibrahim Zakzaky and members held in detention by the Kaduna state
government, outside the Nigerian judiciary.
Osai Ojigho, AI country director,
stated this in an interview on The Osasu Show with Osasu Igbinedion.
She asked the group not to relent
until it exhausts all options available to it to seek redress.
Ojigho also asked the group to
look for help from other organisations other than “faith-based” ones.
“I think they should not relent
in their constant agitation for justice in this matter. In recent times, they
have taken protests, some in Abuja. Some cases have also been tried to be
stopped. But everyone has the right to protest if they feel their rights are
being violated.
“But they can go beyond that and
can now begin to explore beyond the shores of Nigeria. There is the African
Commission on People’s and Human Rights, there is the ECOWAS court of justice
which is also situated here in Abuja.
“Can the regional mechanisms here
in Africa give them an alternative hearing and can the Nigerian state be called
to order by these institutions in order to ensure that the rights of El-Zakzaky
and his followers who have been illegally and unconstitutionally detained can
be addressed at this level.
“I think until those avenues are
exhausted, they still have a lot more to do in that regard. And to also get
other actors.
“They don’t need to be
faith-based because they are a faith-based organisation. Get human right
actors, the Nigerian Bar Association to actually look at this issue from a rule
of law perspective. From that angle, perhaps, there could be a delegation separate
from the Shi’ites, who could say in this matter, we want the rule of law
respected,” Ojigho said.
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