After 27 days, location of our member arrested by police still unknown ― Shi’ites

The Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) has said that the location and condition of one of their members, Mr Yahuza Haruna Masaka who was allegedly arrested by the Nigerian Police still remained unknown.

A statement from Abdullahi Muhammad Musa on behalf of the Academic Forum of the Islamic movement said Mr Masaka was arrested at Wuse Zone 3 in Abuja by personnel of the Nigerian Police.

IMN otherwise known as Shi’ites said all efforts to locate him has proven abortive.

“We would like to draw the attention of the public to a strange happening, unbecoming of a police officer, still less the FCT Police Command. On Friday, 7th May 2021, around 1400 hours, police whisked Yahuza Haruna Masaka off to an undisclosed detention facility. To this very moment, they have, in a vicious manner, denied his family any access to him.

“Mr Haruna arrived at Wuse, Zone 3, to give his younger sister bus fare. On his arrival, he saw her in a Toyota Coaster bus and moved closer to talk to her. Unknown to him, the bus, together with the people on board, had been arrested by the police.

“As they caught sight of him talking to his female sibling, the police descended on Mr Yahuza with beating and whatnot. The bus, with the 62 people already under the so-called arrest, was moved off to Eagle Square. At that point in time, the manhandled Yahuza was handed over to the patrol team.

“Even though Yahuza’s younger sister was released, for the past 25 days, all effort to locate him has been abortive, to no avail. Abduction has grown rife in this part of the world, and even the police are now giving it a mad-professor experiment. It is all sad and tragic.

“Where are the codes of practice and behaviour? Or, have police operatives cast caution to the winds and dived into what they had been employed to contain?” the statement explained.

The Shi’ites regret that police have now reduced Eagle Square to IGP’s gruesome “Torture Square.”

“In a manner not befitting a police profession and those engaged in it, they accosted and arrested underage (both male and female) and passers-by that were not protesting.

“They assembled them at the new “Square” and tortured them inhumanly, even using electric shocks which led to the sudden and unfortunate demise of Naziru Mu’azu from Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State; and 44 people sustained varying degrees of critical injuries,” the statement alleged.

The IMN while demanding the release of Mr Masaka, also demanded the unconditional release of their leader, Sheikh Ibraheem Yaqoub El-Zakzaky and his wife, Malama Zeenah Ibraheem who have been in detention for over five years.

“In view of the foregoing, we at first condemn conversion of the Eagle Square into IGP’s new “Torture Square.”We also demand the immediate release of Mr Yahuza Haruna Masaka.

“We again wish to assure the police that we are going to challenge the illegal arrest and vicious tortures of our people in the new “Square” at the famous Eagle Square in a court of competent jurisdiction.

“While condemning the unlawful abduction of Mr Yahuza Haruna as well as the violation of his fundamental rights, yet we demand the immediate and unconditional release of our leader, His Eminence Sheikh Ibraheem Yaqoub El-Zakzaky (H) and his wife, Malama Zeenah Ibraheem,” the statement added.

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