Sheikh Muhammad Yakubu, the
brother of Sheikh Ibraheem Yakubu El-Zakzaky, the leader of Islamic Movement in
Nigeria (IMN), otherwise known as Shi’ites, has reacted to the recent
proscription of IMN.
According to him, the
proscription by the Federal Government was long overdue.
El-Zakzaky’s elder brother, who
is also the Zaria Branch Chairman of Izalatul Bid’ia wa Ikamatus sunna, said
that the Federal Government should not stop at proscribing IMN but go further
to disband the Shi’ite sect in its entirety.
Speaking with The Nation
newspaper, Shiekh Yakubu said there was no difference between his younger
brother’s IMN, the Shi’ite sect, and the dreaded terrorist group, Boko Haram.
He added that both the leader of
the deadly Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, and his younger brother,
El-Zakzaky, were terrorists.
He said the decision taken by the
federal government to proscribe the IMN was not only right but overdue because
the government can be overthrown through the violent protests of the group.
Sheikh Yakoob said the IMN leader
is responsible for whatever calamity that has befallen him, saying that he was
warned when he started propagating “his dangerous Shi’ite doctrine.”
He said: “As you may be aware,
El-Zakzaky is my blood brother. We were given birth to by the same father.
While growing up, before he started this journey into Shi’ism, I didn’t have
any close friend apart from him. We did everything together. We studied together
in Islamic school.
“We warned him seriously to
desist when he started this Shi’ism ideology. I personally warned him several
times, and when he refused, I had to abandon him. So, whatever the authorities
might have done to him, he caused it for himself.”
Sheikh Yakoob added: “There is
nothing good about Shi’ism. These people are supposed to have been proscribed a
long time ago, but the government waited until they are now causing havoc.
“In the entire world, where has
the Chief of Army Staff ever been blocked on the way and denied right of
passage? Since the time Shi’ites people did that to the Nigerian Chief of Army
Staff, they were supposed to have been stopped. But now, the authorities seem
to have understood their mission.
“Anywhere the Shi’ites are, they
are always a problem. They are the ones that ruined Iraq. They are the ones
that ruined Syria, Yemen and Lebanon. All the crises you see in the
Middle-East, Shi’ites are responsible for them.
“You see, with their protests,
they çan take over government. The enemies of the country and enemies of the
sitting government can take advantage of the Shi’ites protest and overthrow the
government.
“I believe the government now
understands this secret. What the government has done is very right.”
On Tuesday’s declaration by
another Shi’ites group that IMN members are fake Shi’ites, El-Zakzaky’s brother
described the declaration as hypocritical.
According to him, all Shi’ites
groups have the same doctrine and ideology.
“They are liars. All Shi’ites are
one,” he said.
“What they are doing is
hypocrisy. All of them have the same doctrine and ideology. They are only in
Shi’ites leadership tussle with Zakzaky. That is why they are denouncing him
publicly.
“Therefore, it is not only
Zakzaky’s group that is supposed to be proscribed. The government should outlaw
the entire Shi’ites sect. This is because both Boko Haram and Shi’ites share
the same ideology.
“They can continue to fool other
people that they are not armed, but we know they carry arms. Didn’t you see
them shown with their arms?
“They lied that they were not the
ones that killed the police officer in Abuja. The Deputy Commissioner of Police
that was killed in Abuja was not the first police officer to be killed by the
Shi’ites.”
When asked about the court order
that, said his brother should be released and a house built for him anywhere in
northern Nigeria, Sheikh Yakubu said, government should only obey such order if
it is also ready to build a house for the leader of the dreaded Boko Haram
group, Abubakar Shekau.
He said: “Nobody should blame the
government for holding him despite the Abuja court order. Some would say, ehn,
court ordered that Zakzaky should be released and a house built for him. If
they want the government to build a house for Zakzaky, then the government
should also build a house for Shekau.
“Do Nigerians agree that
government should build a house for Shekau? If no, then government should not
build a house for Zakzaky, because they are the same. They are all terrorists.”
He noted that since the exit of
El-Zakzaky, Zaria, which was his base, has been very peaceful as security
agents have been able to tame their “violent activities.”
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