Members of
Islamic Movement of Nigeria (MNI), otherwise known as Shiites, have accused
President Buhari of complicity in the detention of their leader, Sheikh Ibrahim
El-Zakzaky, as they alleged that the President has vowed to uproot the
propagation of Shiitism in Nigeria.
They pointed
to the interview granted by the President in Qatar, while faulting the recent
statement made by the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed that the Islamic
Movement is a security risk to the country.
In a
statement by the spokesman of the IMN, Mallam Ibrahim Musa yesterday, the group
challenged the Minister to come out and tell the world when they became a
security risk.
“The
President’s complicity is not in doubt. Buhari kept a sealed mouth initially
even when armed soldiers of whom he is the ultimate commander in chief killed
over a thousand unarmed citizens and secretly dumped in mass graves within a
few hours”.
“If the
minister is convinced that their government has justification for brandishing
this new position, why won’t the government charge him to court to prove why
they must continue to hold him? Everyone is presumed innocent until proven
otherwise and the government cannot live above the laws of the land and
capriciously detain innocent citizens without recourse to the laws of the land.
“This same
minister had shamelessly said the courts do not have the full picture in yet
another previous interview when asked why their government was disobeying court
judgments. We challenge the Minister to go and give the courts the full picture
and let the courts scrutinise his allusions. Indeed, security concern has
become the currency of the moment”.
“We would
like to reiterate our two year stance, namely the immediate release of our
leader Sheikh Zakzaky and all other members of IMN being detained across the
country. It is our right to demand for our religious freedom and other
fundamental human rights and we will not shy away from doing just that in a
peaceful manner legally,” he said.
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