This was made known to newsmen on Tuesday via a press release signed by Ibrahim Musa, the President of Media Forum of Islamic Movement in Nigeria.
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Journalists who trooped to the court premises to cover the case were also barred from entering by heavily armed security men stationed at all strategic points leading to the court
El-Zakzaky has been detained by the Department of State Service since December 2015 when he was arrested following a clash with the convoy of the Chief of Army State, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai in Zaria, Kaduna State, in which about 1,500 persons died
The Minister of Interior, retired General Abdulrahman Dambazau, disclosed this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the meeting of the Federal Executive Council
According to information made available by the commission set up by the Kaduna State Government under the leadership of Governor Nasir el-Rufai, over 1,300 persons died during a face-off between the Nigerian Army and the Shia sect members in December 2015
The group said if care was not taken to curb the situation, IMN might snowball into another disaster in the country
The Federal Government had arraigned Abbas, Ibrahim Musa and Adam Suleiman before Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, Abuja
Today in Nigeria the Angel of Death stalks our very own tyrant like a vulture stalks rotting meat, yet despite that the demons that control his underlings, lackeys and minions refuse to relent and are still baying for the blood of the weak, the defenceless, the innocent and all those that oppose him
So, the narratives whether back or front is targeted at the same goal – there must be war on Nigeria! But they have failed at the outset and should relapse into their cocoons of evil and ferry it elsewhere
This followed a clash between police and the members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, who staged a protest demanding the release of its detained leader, Sheik Ibraheem El-Zakzaky
El-Zakzaky has been in detention with his wife since December 2015
In a statement by the Assistant Secretary of the chapel, Mukhtar Zailani, Al-Mizan said it is a privately owned newspaper registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission and not in any way linked to the IMN, also popularly known as the Shiite sect
The NUJ announced the decision in a statement signed by the State Secretary of the union, Dauda Idris-Doka, in Zaria on Friday
A Presidency official, who spoke under condition of anonymity with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja, said so many obstacles were working against release of the Shi’ite leader
The state Commandant of the corps, Ibrahim Abdullahi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Maiduguri
The court ordered the immediate and unconditional release of El-Zakzaky and his wife
The letter, which was addressed to the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, said the threat posed by the “radical Shiite movement” has several security implications not just for Nigeria, but other West African countries
John Kirby, the US Department of State’s Assistant Secretary and spokesperson, said although the incident was under investigation, his government was troubled by the response of the police
Idris, who spoke with State House correspondents, said the police had no choice than to restore law and order that was about breaking down during the procession by the Shiites
According to Yusuf, four policemen and many members of the IMN were injured during the clash, which occurred along Kano-Zaria Road in the city