- Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) popularly known as Shiites have not given up in their fight to secure the release of their leader
- Shiites leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky has been in the custody of the federal government for months
- His followers have again be denied the right to protest by security agencies in Abuja
Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) popularly known as Shiites staged another peaceful protest in the Wuse area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Wednesday, August 30.
The peaceful protest was however disrupted by security agents ranging from the Nigerian Police, Nigerian Army, Air Force and the Civil Defence.
The protest was brought to an abrupt end, even as the conveners had grant interviews to journalists in hiding.
Shiites protest have been consistent in the demands of the release of their leader. Source: Twitter
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While responding to the ugly incident, one of the members of the group, Multab Abdurrahman described the incident as unconstitutional and an infringement on their rights.
His words: “Today makes it the 626 days of our leader in custody of DSS which they called ‘protective custody’ it is illegal, our protests have been scheduled to hold here today but before we got here the security agents were already at the venue.
“We started peacefully and before we knew it they started trailing us, so they told us to stop immediately, which we obeyed.
“Buhari has traded democracy with autocracy, they want to continue to incarcerate our leader without any reason.
“We will keep on protesting peacefully until our leader is released, the president should release our leader unconditionally and immediately.”
Amnesty International on Wednesday, August 30 called on Nigerian authorities to investigate unexplained disappearances of members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN).
The pro-Iranian Shiite religious movement had made claims that 600 of its members are missing.
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