At this year’s, annual Yaum Shuhada (Martyrs’ Day) commemoration,
Sheikh Ibrahim Yaqub Zakzaky says, Haruna Abbas and Ibrahim Hussain
detained by Nigerian security operatives (SSS) over a year ago must be
released!
He explained that, they committed no offence and were unjustifiably
detained without trial for over a year now, adding that no law or
constitutional provision allows for such a lengthy detention without
trial, and without visitation by families and friends, especially in a
democratic government Nigeria is claiming to operate.
Sheikh Zakzaky further explained that, last year when he said they
must be released Nigerian security operatives waited to see the
Movement’s reaction, and later dismissed it as an empty threat.
He said, “they thought we were going to put on a fight. No, this is
not an empty threat, it is the truth. Haruna Abbas and Hussain Ibrahim
must be released! Yes, they must be released because their detention
contravened all international laws, and even the constitutional
provision they operate. They are unjustifiably detained without trial,
without allowing anyone to visit them. There is no law that says
detainees or the imprisoned cannot be visited, even military regimes
allows for that. Surprisingly, they boast of operating a democratic
rule in this country”.
He said, they accuse the two of receiving training on terrorism
abroad. “If that is true”, he argued, “Allow them to commit terrorism
before you arrest them. One cannot be arrested and detained this long
in anticipation that he may commit a crime. They have not committed
any crime yet. We therefore challenge them to present them before
court. ased on this, they cannot present them before any court, for
they have no justification of keeping them. They are protecting U.S
and Israeli interest, waiting for orders from them. Therefore, Haruna
Abbas and Ibrahim Hussain must be released!”
On the abduction of Students of GGSS Chibok Sheikh Ibrahim Yaqub
Zakzaky has accused Nigerian security operatives of the abduction of
over 200 school girls in Chibok, Borno State, as part of the covert
operation western countries to balkanize Nigeria and steal its
Sheikh Zakzaky explained that, the abduction was a plan to pave way
for U.S. and Israeli military presence in Nigeria to balkanize the
country and steal its resources. “Let no one be fooled, there is
nothing like Boko Haram! It is a covert operation to balkanize Nigeria
and steals its resources in the name of search of Boko Haram
insurgents. If you can fool others, we cannot be fooled!”.
He said, those protesting for the release of the abducted girls should
direct their protest at President Goodluck Jonathan and his colleague
Shekau, for they are two of the same kind. “Shekau is presently kept
safe in a secret military camp”, he added.
Sheikh Zakzaky further said, the intention is to disperse people from
all places with rich resources in the name of search of insurgents.
“They realized there is gold in Zamfara and Zaria-Birnin Gwari; gold
and platinum in Sokoto and Borno. They did it in Iraq, as they went in
search of Weapons of Mass Destruction, which they never found but
plunged the country in chaos. The same thing was experimented in
Afghanistan before our eyes”, he said.
The Islamic scholar said, the western countries are experimenting the
second era of scramble for Africa with great expectations from
Nigeria, in this of the glaring realities that Africa is in its peak
of glory.
According to him, U.S. and Israel see the Islamic Movement in Nigeria
as the greatest threat to achieving its sinister objective, hence the
constant clampdown attempt and arrest of its members.
Making reference to the two members of the Movement, Haruna Abbas and
Ibrahim Hussain, arrested over a year ago, Sheikh Zakzaky said they
must be released as they committed no offence and were
unjustifiably detained without trial for over a year now.
He argued that, no law or constitutional provision allows for such a
lengthy detention without trial, and without visitation by families
and friends, especially in a democratic government Nigeria is claiming
to operate.
