The Minister of Information and
Culture, Lai Mohammed has disclosed that the Nigerian government spends the sum
of N3.5m monthly to feed incarcerated leader of the Islamic Movement of
Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky.
Mohammed made the disclosure on
Wednesday while addressing State House Correspondents after the weekly Federal
Executive Council, FEC, meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
El-Zakzaky was arrested in
December 2015 after members of his religious group had a clash with men of the
Nigerian Army in Zaria, Kaduna State.
According to Mohammed, ”Please
the issue of where El-Zakzaky is should be kept off the record. It cost the
Federal government about N3.5 million every month to feed him, this is a fact.
“We don’t want to inflame passion
because its a very sensitive matter but that is the situation. The Islamic
Movement of Nigeria are a different kind of group.”
The leader of the Shi’ites is
facing trial over allegations of culpable homicide, unlawful assembly, and
distruption of peace.
In recent weeks, his followers
clashed with security agencies in Abuja, leading to multiple fatalities.
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