Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), on Wednesday, said that no amount of falsehood would cover up the wanton atrocities the Muhammadu Buhari administration has perpetrated against its leader, Sheik Ibraheem El-Zakzaky.
The Islamic group accused the Buhari-led federal government of doing everything possible to eliminate El-Zakzaky, “yet he is alive.”
In a statement on Wednesday by Abdullahi Muhammad Musa, the Secretary, Academic Forum, IMN said it is disheartening that El-Zakzaky is “standing in need of proper medication in a medical facility with cutting-edge equipment,” which it stressed is part of his human rights (medical attention) that the current government has continued to grossly violate.
In the statement entitled ‘Zaria Massacre, Unlawful Detention, and Trumped-Up Charges; What’s Next for the Buhari Regime’, the group reminded the Nigerian public of “a watershed incident” that occurred on November 27, 2015 “as the so-called Boko Haram attacked Sheikh El-Zakzaky’s followers during Arbaeen Symbolic Trek en route from Kano to Zaria.”
Musa stated: “The iniquitous attack culminated in the untimely death of 22 people and many others sustaining serious injuries.
“Two weeks or so after, the Zaria December 2015 bloodbath set in for days: that senseless and savage killing of over a thousand people and destruction of property worth billions of naira.
“The lies of the Buhari regime are yet villainous, as he had once wanted to wish his enormities away through the laughable claim of creating a state within a state.
“But, the state-within-a-state claim could not stand the test of reason and time.
“Sooner rather than later, he pitched into underhand deceptions: that Sheikh El-Zakzaky had done nothing wrong and was only in protective custody; that he was in good condition, that the government was even spending N3.5 million on him every month and so on.
“The thing with lies is, one has to recast previous ones to make them rhyme with the present one.”
The group said the current administration has not relented in its effort to kill El-Zakzaky as it continues to deny him and his wife proper medical treatment.
“The way the regimers are using Kaduna High Court in order to influence and maneuver their evil interests is glaringly obvious. That is how they keep on foraying into the fundamental rights of the Sheikh, his wife, and followers.
“On Tuesday, March 31, 2020, there was bogus unrest in Kaduna prison.
“In January 2021, the prison was exposed to COVID-19, and Sheikh El-Zakzaky’s wife contracted it, to mention but a few.
“Now, Kaduna High Court has fixed July 28 for ruling on the no-case submission filed by their counsel.”
Musa noted that on December 2, 2016, the Federal High Court, Abuja ordered for the unconditional release of the couple, but his government refused to release them, adding that with the government’s “flagrant disregard for rule of law, we have no trust in him (Buhari) and his regime, whatsoever.”
The group urged followers and sympathizers of the Sheikh to be alert to any threat to his life.
