The Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, also known as Shi’ites has issued a stern warning as regard the continued detention of its leader, Sheik Ibrahim Zakzaky.
Recall that Zakzaky was arrested and detained in December, 2015.
The group in a statement signed by its spokesman, Ibrahim Musa warned that the government will experience tragedy in monumental proportions should the group’s leader die in custody or lose his sight.
The group’s spokesman in the statement released on Wednesday in Kaduna also dismissed two lawyers, Sadau Garba and Bello Ibrahim allegedly standing for Zakzaky before Department of State Services, DSS, as impostors.
The group’s statement reads: “We demand that our Leader and his wife must be released unconditionally without delay.
“It will be a tragedy of monumental proportions should our leader go blind in detention or suffer further physical disability due to him being denied access to adequate medical attention.
We understand those that sanctioned his detention and those detaining him want to humiliate him and make sure that he goes completely blind before he is eventually released, thereby rendering him powerless the moment he is released from unconstitutional and illegal detention.
“The health of our leader and his wife continues to deteriorate on a daily basis and those holding him in custody are playing politics with his detention and that of his wife.
“We urge the Nigerian people and the international community to intervene in this crude violation of the fundamental rights of our leader.”