The Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) has said that the decision to set their leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, free does not lie with Kaduna State, but the Federal Government agencies detaining him.It was responding to “insinuations” by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, that the fate of the religious leader and his wife was in the hands of Kaduna State government. The Shiites said they were not deceived by any move to deny the complicity of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government in the extra-judicial murder of over 1,000 members of IMN and the subsequent detention of their leader. The Kaduna State government was never a party in any of these matters. So who is the AGF now fooling that it is purely a Kaduna State affair? “The junta should simply obey the court judgment, free the revered Sheikh and stop further false cases with the deliberate intention of keeping him in detention.”

Source: The Guardian December 30, 2019 04:07 UTC