WE NEED ASSURANCE ON THE SAFETY OF SHEIKH ZAKZAKY..... Islamic Movement of Nigeria

"Credible reports emanating from the Kaduna Correctional Center, where the government is wrongly detaining Sheikh Zakzaky and his wife has reached the Islamic Movement in Nigeria of a turmoil leading to the opening of fire and blocking of all access roads to the Center".... IMN

Following the outbreak of the now dreaded pandemic, Corona Virus otherwise known as COVID-19, concerned members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN have called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to provide them assurances about the safety and wellbeing of their leader, Shiekh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife.

The IMN group, in a statement issued and signed by the President of the Media Forum of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Ibrahim Musa on Tuesday, it stated that available reports at their disposal has it that turmoil had broken out at the Kaduna Correctional Centre where the leader of the IMN is being detained.

Musa, in his statement, revealed that "credible reports emanating from the Kaduna Correctional Center, where the government is wrongly detaining Sheikh Zakzaky and his wife has reached the Islamic Movement in Nigeria of a turmoil leading to the opening of fire and blocking of all access roads to the Center".

According to the group's media president,  "We are rightly concerned about these developments and we strongly call on all relevant authorities to ensure that the security and  safety of the Sheikh and his wife are guaranteed".

"We would hold the federal government responsible for any harm to them. It is the responsibility of governments to protect all inmates in such homes, especially with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging the world, especially as the law presumes all to be innocent until proven otherwise by a law court".

He noted that the case of Sheikh Zakzaky in particular, is quite different, where a Federal High Court had declared his arrest and detention as unconstitutional and a violation of his fundamental rights. 

"Furthermore, the charges for which he is standing trial at the moment have been punctured by two different courts, who tried nearly 200 members on the same charges and discharged and acquitted them all", Musa disclosed.

"We therefore strongly demand for the immediate release of the Sheikh and his wife", the statement ended.