Following a series of events trailing the
controversial Zaria massacre in December 2015, the Nigerian army has
granted members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) access to
interact with their embattled leader Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky.
MEHR news agency reports that a member of the movement, Professor
Dahiru Yahya, visited the sheikh on Saturday, January 16. According to
the reports, Zakzaky is being held in a house in the capital Abuja along
with his wife.
Professor Yahya confirmed that the reports that both have been shot were true. Sheikh Zakzaky is reportedly suffering from four gunshot wounds while his wife has two. The pair are said to have received medical attention abroad.
In a statement issued today the Islamic Movement also pledged to continue its non-violent campaign to secure the release of Sheikh Zakzaky and other detainees. It called on the Nigerian government to release all the corpses of those it had reportedly killed in the controversial attack, as to allow the families of the deceased to arrange for a proper burial.
Meanwhile, the Shiites have submitted its memorandum to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) concerning the alleged pogrom by the Nigerian army on December 12-14, 2015.
The group said their submissions were done both individually and collectively, with signatories being mainly victims of the merciless clampdown on the Movement as well as eye witnesses and relatives of the victims.
Professor Yahya confirmed that the reports that both have been shot were true. Sheikh Zakzaky is reportedly suffering from four gunshot wounds while his wife has two. The pair are said to have received medical attention abroad.
In a statement issued today the Islamic Movement also pledged to continue its non-violent campaign to secure the release of Sheikh Zakzaky and other detainees. It called on the Nigerian government to release all the corpses of those it had reportedly killed in the controversial attack, as to allow the families of the deceased to arrange for a proper burial.
Meanwhile, the Shiites have submitted its memorandum to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) concerning the alleged pogrom by the Nigerian army on December 12-14, 2015.
The group said their submissions were done both individually and collectively, with signatories being mainly victims of the merciless clampdown on the Movement as well as eye witnesses and relatives of the victims.
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