Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria are worried over the plight and condition of their leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, who is either in the custody of the Army or Police.
Shiite Muslims are said to have complained that El-Zakzaky, who was reportedly remanded in Kaduna Prisons by a magistrate court, could not be found in prison.
Spokesperson of the Shiite sect , Ibraheem Musa, said nothing has been heard regarding the detention or treatment of El-Zakzaky, since the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai announced on 18 December that he had been transferred from the army to appropriate authorities for prosecution.
Musa also said that contrary to the information by the Police that the Shiite leader was in detention, the Controller of Kaduna Prisons, Abubakar Argungu, has refuted the claim.
”This smacks of deceit, conspiracy and out right manipulation of the public’s view of the army’s massacre in Zaria.”
“Where is Sheikh Zakzaky and why has he been denied his constitutional rights to an attorney, bail and visitation?.”
“First and foremost, his first family members and leading brothers of the Islamic Movement should have met him in the company of his Doctor by now, since he was shot by the soldiers when they attacked his residence. We are highly agitated by this seeming needless incommunicado the Sheikh has been placed in.”
