There is tension in the country as members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, staged a coordinated massive protest, on Sunday, across several cities, demanding for the release of Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky from the DSS custody.
Protests were held in
Kano, where men and women matched through the major streets of the city,
calling on the federal government of Muhammadu Buhari to release Sheikh
Zakzaky.
It was the same story
in Azare, Bauchi state, where early in the morning members of the Islamic
movement matched through the town carrying placards mostly emboldened with
‘FREE ZAKZAKY’
Reports from Bauchi
also said there was a large turnout of people demanding the release of Sheikh
Zakzaky from detention.
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Similar protest was
held yesterday in Kaduna, Sokoto, Gusau and Birnin Kebbi.
The protest were
coming on the heels of the recent disclosure by lawyers of the movement that
Sheikh Zakzaky had lost an eye and that he was in need of medical attention
together with his
wife, Sister Zeenat Ibrahim, who was allegedly with him in the DSS custody.
wife, Sister Zeenat Ibrahim, who was allegedly with him in the DSS custody.
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