THE Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) otherwise known as Shi’ites have disassociated itself from the initial statement which called for the temporary suspension of protest issued by one of its members.
The Shi’ites said the views and stand of the Movement was not represented in the statement issued by Malam Ibrahim Musa.
In statement issued by Abdullahi Muhammad Musa, for Academic Forum, Sisters’ Forum and Abul-Fadl, the Movement said they would continue their protest for the unconditional release of their leader, Sheihk Ibraheem El Zakzaky and his wife.
We would like to state for the record that apart from members of the media forum none of us was informed of this prior to seeing it in the papers and online.
“Here in Abuja, we are legally protesting the illegal detention of our leader and his wife. By doing this for our leader, we are also legally protesting against all forms of illegal detention, extrajudicial killings, among numerous other illegal perpetrations of injustice, by this current administration.
“The statement signed by Malam Ibrahim Musa of the media forum does not, in any way, reflect the beliefs and convictions of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria.
“A single representative of a forum within the Islamic Movement has no authority to single-handedly impose his opinion on every one of us. Only our leader, Sheikh Zakzaky may do that.
“We wish to also explicitly state that we are fully determined to continue our protests. We shall continue our peaceful protests, uninterrupted and unhindered till our leader Sheikh Zakzaky is free, for as long as it takes, regardless of obstacles. Until Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky is Free, our protests will continue.”