Brothers in Kaduna defy rain and actively demand unconditional release of Sheikh

By Abdullahi Isa Wassagu
Yet again, multitude of brothers and sisters of the Islamic Movement in the city of Kaduna, Nigeria, have staged massive peaceful protest demanding the immediate and unconditional release of Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, his ailing wife and several other followers languishing in different detention cells across the nation.

The protest took to the Namdi Azikiwe express way, Western bypass Thursday evening the 26th of September 2019 marching peacefully and voicing out their demand- the release of Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky without any conditions. They marched some metres away along H/Danmani region and was peacefully terminated.

Despite threat by security agents as Kaduna, terminated peacefully. kaduna is one of the cities where Shia religious minority are always deprived of their rights as regards peaceful marches in pursuance of justice for the gross injustice mated on them and their innocent leader, Sheikh Zakzaky.

Sheikh Zakzaky has spent over 3 and half years in detention despite a Federal Court ruling in December 2016, where the detainees are been vindicated and ordered their release, but it has not been yet complied by the authorities.

The protesters expressed that "We are therefore calling that the continued illegal incarceration of our leader is not the way out for the injustice committed. It is also immortal for the government to hide behind the facade that Sheikh Zakzaky all those being detained are currently standing trial on trumped up charges, therefore it is a matter before judiciary. This is unacceptable to us and all those behind justice in our nation. Sheikh Zakzaky should simply be freed".