Shi’ites protest insecurity in northern Nigeria, continued detention of El-Zak Zaky
The Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) also known as Shi’ites have protested over the continued killing of innocent citizens in the northern part of the country.
Shi’ites said as sacred as human life is, Nigeria has suddenly been turned into an area where according to them, “the existence of killing fields causes no sleepless nights for the so-called rulers running its affairs.”
The Tribune quotes a statement by Abdullahi Musa on behalf of the Academic Forum of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria as saying that the protest kick-started at the entrance of the Juma’at Mosque opposite Custom head office, Zone 3, Wuse Abuja around 1:45 pm, immediately after the Juma’at prayer.
It followed through Sultan Abubakar Way and terminated at Wuse Zone 3 junction beside Total Feeling station along Herbert Macauley way.
The statement read, “the North, in particular, is now either an internment camp or a burial ground; hardly the sunsets or the dawn breaks without the unpleasant tidings of a massive loss of life making the rounds.
“From Boko-Haram in the northeast to banditry in the northwest to kidnapping and cattle rustling in the North Central.
The perpetrators get into a village or town, destroy things and steal property without even thinking of getting punished, or having a feeling of guilt at all, about their misdeeds.
They wreak whatever havoc of which they had thought in cold blood and with impunity.
“Many a city in the North today has a lot of displaced persons with several schools and uncompleted buildings as camps in which they live in rags and as miscreants.
“What happens to the refugees, destroyed and burnt villages? This is such a question that keeps on begging for an answer, and it is not far-fetched for those who are reasonable enough to give an attentive listening ear to what the oppressively imprisoned leader of the Islamic movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem el-Zakzaky, exposed almost eight years ago, a video clip is on-going around the social media.
The IMN further said in 2013, the Sheikh (El-Zakzaky) made known the culprits behind the senseless killings and criminalities in the North.
“We continue to demand the immediate and unconditional release of this farsighted leader and his wife, both of whom have been in detention for almost five years running,” the statement added.
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