Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, also known as Shiites, have said they won’t sit back and allow President Muhammadu Buhari kill their incarcerated leader, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky.
They declared that they are ready to die for their
incarcerated leader.
Ibrahim Musa, a top member of IMN, said this while stressing
that the group would continue their daily protest on the streets of the Federal
Capital Territory, FCT until El-Zakzaky is released.
Addressing journalists in Abuja, Musa said: “Why is
government hunting somebody that is out to fight for his or her right? You have
killed more than a thousand of his (Zakzaky’s) followers and put them in a mass
grave.
“You keep on violating the law of the land and you think
nobody should come out and challenge you? That is bad. This shows that the
government is oppressing its citizens. And you do not expect me to cross my
legs and allow President Muhammadu Buhari to kill my leader.
“The protest will continue, and if they do not want to see
us on the street, government should free our leader. If they want to kill, they
should go ahead and kill. We are ready to die for our leader. Failure to free
our leader, the government should get ready to kill more of us.
“The protests on the streets of Abuja are as a result of the
government’s disregard for the judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction,
the Federal High Court Abuja, which freed the revered leader of the movement
from an illegal detention described by the government as ‘protective custody.
“It is not possible under every logical reasoning to
exonerate President Buhari from the genocide perpetrated by the Nigerian Army
under his command as the Commander-in-Chief, where over 1,000 unarmed members
of the movement, including men, women and children, were killed from December
12 to 14, 2015.
“The government has declared illegally burying 347 members
of the movement in a mass grave at Mando Village in Kaduna after the mass
murder, in violation of the Geneva Convention and every known law in the
country.
“The movement has never been violent or taken over streets,
as falsely claimed by the presidency. The Islamic Movement has been in
existence for about 40 years. It is on record that the movement has been
peaceful and has never resorted to violence.
“It is only when government sends its police or Army to
attack the peaceful processions that fracas sets in, courtesy of the security
agents planted in the movement. We once again dissociate ourselves from any act
of brigandage during our protests on the streets.”
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