The Islamic Movement of Nigeria,
IMN, have vowed to sacrifice 21 million of its members if Federal Government
failed to release its leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky.
IMN issued the warning during its
protest in Ikeja, Lagos State on Thursday.
Members of the group chanted
several songs, demanding that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration
should respect court orders and release El-Zakzaky.
Addressing journalists during the
protest, the South-West Coordinator of IMN, Mr. Muftau Zakariya, called on the
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, to prevail
on Buhari to release it’s leader.
According to Zakariya, the group
would not desist from protest until Buhari released El-Zakzaky.
He said: “We are ready to die if
our leader is not released. If they are ready to kill us, we have 21 million
lives to offer. I know that Nigerian soldiers do not have 21 million bullets to
shoot at us.
“It’s true that there are 21
million Shi’ites in Nigeria, and if they kill our leader, which country will
they have to rule by 2023.
“Buhari got to the office because
the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola
Tinubu, assisted him. It was Tinubu that started the movement and spent his
money to ensure that the party assumes power. We’re calling on Tinubu, to talk
to the President, who is a member of his party to free our leader. If he allows
the President to continue to kill our members, there will not be Nigeria in
2023. We’re not happy over the continued detention of our leader.”
This is coming barely 48-hours
after members of the groups invaded the National Assembly and forcibly took
over the complex and injured six policemen in the process.
The protesters were said to have
overpowered security men at the popular Mopol (Mobile Policemen) gate, and
entered the second gate.
Soon after they entered, the
Shi’ites members started vandalising vehicles that were either coming or going
out of the National Assembly. The mayhem forced workers and visitors to scamper
for safety.
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