Nigeria: Shiites Confirm Attack On Buhari

allafrica.com

Apr 4, 2018 6:59 AM

President Muhammadu Buhari

Abuja — The Islamic Moment of Nigeria (IMN), also referred to as Shiites group, has confirmed that its members attacked President Muhammadu Buhari last Friday at the National Mosque, Abuja.

The group said they attacked the President because of his continued refusal to release their leader, El-Zakzaky for over two years now.

It said during a peaceful protest of the detention of their leader yesterday in Abuja, that it was forced to confront President Buhari at the National Mosque to press home their demands.

The group noted that the Federal Government was still holding El-Zakzaky in captivity even as his health continues to deteriorate due to gunshot wounds.

A member of the group, Abdullahi Muhammad Musa told The Guardian that their peaceful protest was gaining momentum due to Federal Government's injustice and the Nigerian Army's high handedness against their leader.

"As we speak, El-Zakzaky is blind in one of his eyes and the other one is almost becoming blind. He has several bullet wounds in his stomach and he even suffered a mild stroke in early January this year before they allowed his personal doctor to attend to him.

"We have been protesting for two years now, we have been teargased, and many have been killed by the police including Sheikh Umar Sokoto and we have held over 80 protests.

"This is why last Friday, we met the President at the mosque and told him you 'are a criminal, a tyrant, and an oppressor.' All Nigerians should come out and push out this person otherwise he will push us into a civil war," he said.

A female member of the group who identified herself as Aisha, said it was wrong for the President to continue to detain El-Zakzaky for no reason, adding that even the courts have ordered that he should be set free, so why is he still in detention?