The Leader of the Islamic movement in Nigeria Sayyid Ibraheem Zakzaky spoke on the illegal arrest by the Nigerian security forces of a brother in Abuja recently.
He explained during the closing of the Unity Week programme on Friday the 20th of September 2024.
He said “ Two days ago (18th of September 2024) a brother was arrested while driving his car by the Nigerian Police in Abuja telling him ‘ you are one of the killers of a Policeman’ the police chained and whiskered away with him saying we arrested the killer of a Police”
The leader added “You want to change our name all of a sudden?!!, you are too small to engage in a fight. Let us assume a brother among us happens to be his father is a policeman, will he kill his father? And what if a brother has his son as a policeman?!!! Since we have our people in the Police force, and among us, we have people whose fathers are policemen, ok what will happen in such a situation”
The leader further that instigating people against us will not work.
“This is an attempt to instigate people against another, i swear, you cannot achieve it; even your predecessors- the General Tallman failed, so also a General with a tribal mark on his face failed, all of them failed woefully. Soldiers failed, what about you police, you cannot, because in Nigeria Soldiers do not even give regard to the Police, yet the Soldiers failed, so you are too. Policemen cannot claim that the brothers of the Islamic movement fought them. For what reasons, no way?!! How much is your meager salary, leaving you suffering…”
” It is not easy to present good people to be seen as bad, the Sheikh says “The thing is that there is no way suddenly you can change people’s thinking about us, you are too late, because we are together with people, and they know us very well”