fulanimafia:
Hilarious.

So the Ibos/SE/SS want an alliance with the North and desire the terrorist Al-zakzaky as President just because they don't like Buhari?

Do these guys even know who Shiites are? They just heard of an opposing Islamic sect and automatically think the enemy of their enemy is their friend? Even to the point of averring that the clannish and jihadist shiites saved and sheltered Christians in their mosques when under attack? Is this administration the first to jail zakzaky (who has been jailed by almost every administration since the military era)?

These guys and their political daftness are assuming legendary status.

OKKO:
Sound argument but I could have proffered a very educated man, fully granded in politics and economy from SE or SS with El-Zazaki as the VP.

It will be a compensation for SE/SS unflinching support for PDP at the hard times...

It must not always be a northern muslim...

fulanimafia:
Hilarious.

So the Ibos/SE/SS want an alliance with the North and desire the terrorist Al-zakzaky as President just because they don't like Buhari?

Do these guys even know who Shiites are? They just heard of an opposing Islamic sect and automatically think the enemy of their enemy is their friend? Even to the point of averring that the clannish and jihadist shiites saved and sheltered Christians in their mosques when under attack? Is this administration the first to jail zakzaky (who has been jailed by almost every administration since the military era)?

These guys and their political daftness are assuming legendary status.

talktimi:
right now in Nigeria, the Sunni boko haram are the only ones conducting a jihad so why change the narrative by lying ?

slinkky:
If this your day dreaming ever come true we are finished in zaria. Now Zakzaky holds no governmental powers, He and his followers are operating with impunity with no regards to the rights of other zaria residents.

fulanimafia:


Then go hug a Shiite.

fulanimafia:
Hilarious.

So the Ibos/SE/SS want an alliance with the North and desire the terrorist Al-zakzaky as President just because they don't like Buhari?

Do these guys even know who Shiites are? They just heard of an opposing Islamic sect and automatically think the enemy of their enemy is their friend? Even to the point of averring that the clannish and jihadist shiites saved and sheltered Christians in their mosques when under attack? Is this administration the first to jail zakzaky (who has been jailed by almost every administration since the military era)?

These guys and their political daftness are assuming legendary status.

carinmom:

Leave all these IPOB touts, they are only saying rubbish because they are ignorant of who al Zakzakiy is, and ironically they are the same touts that are scared to the bones of islamization.
And their claims that the Shiites in Gyallesu provided protection to the Igbos during religious crises is nothing but absolute lies.

mrnuur:
Op don't be this naive go back and read Zakkazy's history and have a rethink

OKKO:
Sound argument but I could have proffered a very educated man, fully granded in politics and economy from SE or SS with El-Zazaki as the VP.

It will be a compensation for SE/SS unflinching support for PDP at the hard times...

It must not always be a northern muslim...

shehu313:


PDP and the South’s Hope for the 2019 Presidential Election: Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky for President!


Opinion Column


By: Mehdi Garba Shehu


With the current onslaught of the fight against corruption by the current dispensation of the Muhammadu Buhari led APC government, many are of the opinion that the fight against corruption is politicized and targeting mainly, or even only opposition politicians. It appears as if there are no corrupt politicians under the APC, even though a chunk of them were formerly part and parcel of the ruling PDP between 1999-2015. By the current shape of the PDP and the atmosphere of the polity in Nigeria, one would have no choice but to pity the PDP and its figures. If such onslaught were to be sustained as it appears based on observation, the party may well be forced to change its name or file for political bankruptcy and possibly even disappear from the political scene in the country come 2019. Its image has already being rubbished through the arrests of its figures who are have been given the corruption crown. At such a scenario of a dying party, staunch PDP states, especially of the South East and South South zones would be left exposed to the silent but edible political coercion of the APC and that would translate that they decamp to and become orphans adopted by the APC.


With current the dire economic situation in the country with almost a year after the transition from PDP to APC rule, most people can count nothing as achievements of the new president than his self-acclaimed fight against corruption, however shady and suspicious the fight maybe viewed by some or many. Incessant fuel queues continue to appear, and high foreign exchange rates, power outage, high rate of inflation, and unemployment persist. It has come to the point whereby Nigerians are questioning the change slogan that swept the Buhari led APC into power last year, with some referring to the change as scam, or chain (in the sense of a political and economic transition into bondage). The slogan of “Sai Baba” has transformed into “Chai Baba” just within a year!


Undoubtedly, the weaknesses and excesses of the Jonathan led administration played the biggest part in securing the victory of an aged, primitive and lost soldier in civilian clothing (more or less like a wolf in sheep’s clothing) into the presidential villa in 2015. Aside from the poor economic showing under the APC, there are also the government sanctioned killings of civilians both in the North and the South, and also the disrespect for the rule of law and the judiciary. Nigerians belonging to minority tribal and religious leanings continue to be heavy-handedly persecuted and indiscriminately killed, and jailed without bail or charge indefinitely.


With the current show of force, and the disregard for democratic processes whereby a sitting president has no shame to declare that he cannot grant bail to a political dissident using the words “I cannot”-as if he were a judge sitting in a court of law- and taking the rule of law away from the courts, Nigerians have a lot to worry about; politically, economically and security wise. There is a wolf in sheep clothing ruling the country. In fact, a lost wolf ready to devour both the rights of Nigerians, and the Nigerian citizens themselves! Congratulations “Sai Baba” chanters, you are official in the bondage you voted for and the change you asked for, even though the cluelessness of the Jonathan administration was by no measure a better option, but only less deadly and shameless as to when the rights of the people are trampled upon.


With no formidable opposition party at the moment, Nigeria more or less appears to be heading to a one party system in the next presidential election. Political parties that are smaller than the main opposition party, the PDP, would be picnic for the APC. The only option remains for the PDP to endure and remain intact and look for a credible presidential candidate to fly its ticket in the next election: a patriotic figure of integrity that can be trusted by the nation for being incorruptible and one with presidential posture to assume leadership to respect the rights of minorities and every Nigerian.


Going by the politics in the Middle East where Muslims are increasingly divided along sectarian/religious lines, the Christians have no better political allies than the Shia (Shi’ite) Muslims as can be viewed in the Middle East.


After the Zaria massacre that resulted in the killings of hundreds of harmless civilians both on the highway where a confrontation with the army appeared, and off the highway (in the house of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, the Shia worship center (Husseiniyyah), and the movement’s cemetery which were also illegally demolished by soldiers) where soldiers stormed in madness to sniff out the life of every innocent Nigerian Shi’ite soul in a brutal show of force and complete disregard for human life to give the Wolf of Aso Rock his well deserved title of being a blood thirsty tyrant and to send the message into the air that a “tough” deadly soldier is in power, three months and counting, hundreds killed are yet to be properly buried (said to have been buried in mass graves by soldiers to hide crimes against humanity), hundreds arrested and imprisoned are yet to be charged or granted bail, and hundreds missing are yet to be found.


From the case Lebanon,a Middle Eastern country that is multi-religious, the Shia Islamic Resistance Movement Hezbollah happens to be the ally of the largest Lebanese Christian party, the Free Patriotic Movement led by a Christian former Lebanese Army chief General Michel Aoun, in the Lebanese parliament. Hezbollah has also gone ahead to stand out as a (Shi’ite) Muslim group against the rampaging Wahhabi terrorists such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda affiliated al-Nusra Front in neighboring Syria, and Hezbollah fights alongside the Syrian Arab Army in support of the legitimate authority of Syria and President Bashar al-Assad. Much alike, the Islamic Movement in Nigeria has literally saved the lives of hundreds of Christians, in particular during the 2011 post election violence, when Buhari’s rampaging hordes of Salafist/Wahhabi bloodsucking supporters were shedding the blood of innocent Christians in the North who had no relations whatsoever to Goodluck Jonathan, and at best, they could have only practiced their democratic rights by voting for their candidate of choice.


Gyellesu in Zaria, the headquarters of the Shi’ite Islamic Movement in Nigeria was safe haven for fleeing Christians, especially Igbos. The youth scouts of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria stood ground to protect the fleeing souls who wanted safe shelter until the storm of political violence and religious madness had subsided.






A Shi’te Hezbollah fighter saluting a statue of Christ in Syria’s Qalamoun region after liberating its from Wahhabi/Salafist terrorists.


For the 2019 presidential elections, Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky should be approached by the PDP to rescue the party and accept the party nomination to bear its flag against the APC candidate, who would most likely be the incumbent president. Such a move will have deep and wide ramifications in the politics of Nigeria and it will be a historical point whereby more tolerant of Christians/Non-Muslimsand accommodating Muslims, i.e. the Shi’ites, will form an unbroken political alliance with the Southern Christians. This alliance will go a very long way to shape the political landscape in the country and bury the northern “born to rule” mentality espoused by Sunni Muslims. The Shi’ites are very much opposed to the monarchy system, and therefore the “born to rule” mentality by any emir or sultan is very much against Shi’ite doctrine of equality among the human race.


Many would want to know the feasibility of filing Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky as the presidential candidate of the PDP in the 2019 presidential election. When it comes to the numbers, the Islamic Movement in Nigeria has followers, mainly in the North, estimated to be a minimum of 5 to 10 million, and a maximum of 15 to 25 million. A Christian-Shi’ite Muslim political alliance in elections would means winning over the born to rule mentality, and breaking the votes in the north. Significantly, the South West will no longer have the sole power as the tie breaker. It will strike an electoral balance that can pacify the North for many years to come.


The Islamic Movement in Nigeria has so far stirred clear of Nigerian politics and chose to be solely a religious and social movement. The movement’s leadership also dissuades its followers from voting or taking part in elections as they view most politicians as corrupt and untrustworthy. If this does change and the movement chooses to use its popular weight in politics after the unjust killings it has suffered for being a minority religious group, then a large chunk of northern votes would be guaranteed for the PDP or any opposition supported by the Islamic Movement in Nigeria.


Currently, three months after the Zaria Massacre, al-Zakzaky remains in custody along with his wife, both of whom were said to have been shot multiple times by rampaging soldiers, without bail, and without charge and that means extra-judicially. Obviously, the APC government is lost in finding a solution or way out to its crimes as the plethora of claims thrown at the Islamic Movement in Nigeria right from the road block shooting by soldiers at exuberant and angry protesting youths to the aftermath of the onslaught at the Husseiniyah and the cleric’s house can best be described as lame and unjustified in the face of the wanton killings of innocent Nigerian Shi’ite Muslims in the aftermath of the roadblock that ensued in a religious center and at private properties. The image of a bloodied al-Zakzaky loaded into a wheelbarrow by soldiers remains fresh in the memory of those who followed the news of the Zaria Massacre that lasted between the 12th to the 14th of December, 2015, and which also claimed the lives of three biological sons of the cleric, making in total six sons that al-Zakzaky has lost to rampaging beasts in military uniform. Three sons were also killed in July 2014 during a traffic incident and right of passage altercation between soldiers and a religious procession of the IMN, and the then president, Goodluck Jonathan, was quick to personally call Zakzaky on phone and issue his apology for the loss of life of three biological sons of the cleric and 30 other members of the movement. That position and reaction of the then president can be contrasted with the reaction of the current president after a higher death toll and bigger destruction of properties.


A popular Zakzaky, whose restraint and patience in the face of losing six sons, and his insistence on non-violence preaching would be the best ally of northern extraction for the South to face the APC tyrant in the next presidential election. Zakzaky’s record of being incorruptible and a symbol of integrity are impeccable in Nigeria. Being from a Shi’ite background and holding on to Shi’ite doctrines which promotes and respects the freedom and right of belief for others based on Quranic verses (2:256; 18:28; 109:6) completely ignored by extremist Sunnis, particularly the Sunnis of the Wahhabi/Salafist ideology, Zakzaky would be the much wished for symbol for Christian-Islamic unity in Nigeria. After the Zaria Massacre, and the restraint and peaceful reaction of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, the popularity of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria and the personality of Zakzaky are on the rise. Reaching understanding with Zakzaky, who is destined to be released for his innocence and immense loss of the lives of his followers and family members, is the way out for the PDP in the 2019 presidential election. No matter what the naysayers do or how they react to this suggestion, the good thing is that any human being from any religious or political or ethnic background can reach an understanding with a Shi’ite Muslim, which is far from the case with a Wahhabi/Salafist devoid of reason or human sympathy.

carinmom:

Leave all these IPOB touts, they are only saying rubbish because they are ignorant of who al Zakzakiy is, and ironically they are the same touts that are scared to the bones of islamization.

And their claims that the Shiites in Gyallesu provided protection to the Igbos during religious crises is nothing but absolute lies.

carinmom:

Leave all these IPOB touts, they are only saying rubbish because they are ignorant of who al Zakzakiy is, and ironically they are the same touts that are scared to the bones of islamization.

And their claims that the Shiites in Gyallesu provided protection to the Igbos during religious crises is nothing but absolute lies.

shehu313:


PDP and the South’s Hope for the 2019 Presidential Election: Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky for President!


Opinion Column


By: Mehdi Garba Shehu


With the current onslaught of the fight against corruption by the current dispensation of the Muhammadu Buhari led APC government, many are of the opinion that the fight against corruption is politicized and targeting mainly, or even only opposition politicians. It appears as if there are no corrupt politicians under the APC, even though a chunk of them were formerly part and parcel of the ruling PDP between 1999-2015. By the current shape of the PDP and the atmosphere of the polity in Nigeria, one would have no choice but to pity the PDP and its figures. If such onslaught were to be sustained as it appears based on observation, the party may well be forced to change its name or file for political bankruptcy and possibly even disappear from the political scene in the country come 2019. Its image has already being rubbished through the arrests of its figures who are have been given the corruption crown. At such a scenario of a dying party, staunch PDP states, especially of the South East and South South zones would be left exposed to the silent but edible political coercion of the APC and that would translate that they decamp to and become orphans adopted by the APC.


With current the dire economic situation in the country with almost a year after the transition from PDP to APC rule, most people can count nothing as achievements of the new president than his self-acclaimed fight against corruption, however shady and suspicious the fight maybe viewed by some or many. Incessant fuel queues continue to appear, and high foreign exchange rates, power outage, high rate of inflation, and unemployment persist. It has come to the point whereby Nigerians are questioning the change slogan that swept the Buhari led APC into power last year, with some referring to the change as scam, or chain (in the sense of a political and economic transition into bondage). The slogan of “Sai Baba” has transformed into “Chai Baba” just within a year!


Undoubtedly, the weaknesses and excesses of the Jonathan led administration played the biggest part in securing the victory of an aged, primitive and lost soldier in civilian clothing (more or less like a wolf in sheep’s clothing) into the presidential villa in 2015. Aside from the poor economic showing under the APC, there are also the government sanctioned killings of civilians both in the North and the South, and also the disrespect for the rule of law and the judiciary. Nigerians belonging to minority tribal and religious leanings continue to be heavy-handedly persecuted and indiscriminately killed, and jailed without bail or charge indefinitely.


With the current show of force, and the disregard for democratic processes whereby a sitting president has no shame to declare that he cannot grant bail to a political dissident using the words “I cannot”-as if he were a judge sitting in a court of law- and taking the rule of law away from the courts, Nigerians have a lot to worry about; politically, economically and security wise. There is a wolf in sheep clothing ruling the country. In fact, a lost wolf ready to devour both the rights of Nigerians, and the Nigerian citizens themselves! Congratulations “Sai Baba” chanters, you are official in the bondage you voted for and the change you asked for, even though the cluelessness of the Jonathan administration was by no measure a better option, but only less deadly and shameless as to when the rights of the people are trampled upon.


With no formidable opposition party at the moment, Nigeria more or less appears to be heading to a one party system in the next presidential election. Political parties that are smaller than the main opposition party, the PDP, would be picnic for the APC. The only option remains for the PDP to endure and remain intact and look for a credible presidential candidate to fly its ticket in the next election: a patriotic figure of integrity that can be trusted by the nation for being incorruptible and one with presidential posture to assume leadership to respect the rights of minorities and every Nigerian.


Going by the politics in the Middle East where Muslims are increasingly divided along sectarian/religious lines, the Christians have no better political allies than the Shia (Shi’ite) Muslims as can be viewed in the Middle East.


After the Zaria massacre that resulted in the killings of hundreds of harmless civilians both on the highway where a confrontation with the army appeared, and off the highway (in the house of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, the Shia worship center (Husseiniyyah), and the movement’s cemetery which were also illegally demolished by soldiers) where soldiers stormed in madness to sniff out the life of every innocent Nigerian Shi’ite soul in a brutal show of force and complete disregard for human life to give the Wolf of Aso Rock his well deserved title of being a blood thirsty tyrant and to send the message into the air that a “tough” deadly soldier is in power, three months and counting, hundreds killed are yet to be properly buried (said to have been buried in mass graves by soldiers to hide crimes against humanity), hundreds arrested and imprisoned are yet to be charged or granted bail, and hundreds missing are yet to be found.


From the case Lebanon,a Middle Eastern country that is multi-religious, the Shia Islamic Resistance Movement Hezbollah happens to be the ally of the largest Lebanese Christian party, the Free Patriotic Movement led by a Christian former Lebanese Army chief General Michel Aoun, in the Lebanese parliament. Hezbollah has also gone ahead to stand out as a (Shi’ite) Muslim group against the rampaging Wahhabi terrorists such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda affiliated al-Nusra Front in neighboring Syria, and Hezbollah fights alongside the Syrian Arab Army in support of the legitimate authority of Syria and President Bashar al-Assad. Much alike, the Islamic Movement in Nigeria has literally saved the lives of hundreds of Christians, in particular during the 2011 post election violence, when Buhari’s rampaging hordes of Salafist/Wahhabi bloodsucking supporters were shedding the blood of innocent Christians in the North who had no relations whatsoever to Goodluck Jonathan, and at best, they could have only practiced their democratic rights by voting for their candidate of choice.


Gyellesu in Zaria, the headquarters of the Shi’ite Islamic Movement in Nigeria was safe haven for fleeing Christians, especially Igbos. The youth scouts of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria stood ground to protect the fleeing souls who wanted safe shelter until the storm of political violence and religious madness had subsided.






A Shi’te Hezbollah fighter saluting a statue of Christ in Syria’s Qalamoun region after liberating its from Wahhabi/Salafist terrorists.


For the 2019 presidential elections, Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky should be approached by the PDP to rescue the party and accept the party nomination to bear its flag against the APC candidate, who would most likely be the incumbent president. Such a move will have deep and wide ramifications in the politics of Nigeria and it will be a historical point whereby more tolerant of Christians/Non-Muslimsand accommodating Muslims, i.e. the Shi’ites, will form an unbroken political alliance with the Southern Christians. This alliance will go a very long way to shape the political landscape in the country and bury the northern “born to rule” mentality espoused by Sunni Muslims. The Shi’ites are very much opposed to the monarchy system, and therefore the “born to rule” mentality by any emir or sultan is very much against Shi’ite doctrine of equality among the human race.


Many would want to know the feasibility of filing Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky as the presidential candidate of the PDP in the 2019 presidential election. When it comes to the numbers, the Islamic Movement in Nigeria has followers, mainly in the North, estimated to be a minimum of 5 to 10 million, and a maximum of 15 to 25 million. A Christian-Shi’ite Muslim political alliance in elections would means winning over the born to rule mentality, and breaking the votes in the north. Significantly, the South West will no longer have the sole power as the tie breaker. It will strike an electoral balance that can pacify the North for many years to come.


The Islamic Movement in Nigeria has so far stirred clear of Nigerian politics and chose to be solely a religious and social movement. The movement’s leadership also dissuades its followers from voting or taking part in elections as they view most politicians as corrupt and untrustworthy. If this does change and the movement chooses to use its popular weight in politics after the unjust killings it has suffered for being a minority religious group, then a large chunk of northern votes would be guaranteed for the PDP or any opposition supported by the Islamic Movement in Nigeria.


Currently, three months after the Zaria Massacre, al-Zakzaky remains in custody along with his wife, both of whom were said to have been shot multiple times by rampaging soldiers, without bail, and without charge and that means extra-judicially. Obviously, the APC government is lost in finding a solution or way out to its crimes as the plethora of claims thrown at the Islamic Movement in Nigeria right from the road block shooting by soldiers at exuberant and angry protesting youths to the aftermath of the onslaught at the Husseiniyah and the cleric’s house can best be described as lame and unjustified in the face of the wanton killings of innocent Nigerian Shi’ite Muslims in the aftermath of the roadblock that ensued in a religious center and at private properties. The image of a bloodied al-Zakzaky loaded into a wheelbarrow by soldiers remains fresh in the memory of those who followed the news of the Zaria Massacre that lasted between the 12th to the 14th of December, 2015, and which also claimed the lives of three biological sons of the cleric, making in total six sons that al-Zakzaky has lost to rampaging beasts in military uniform. Three sons were also killed in July 2014 during a traffic incident and right of passage altercation between soldiers and a religious procession of the IMN, and the then president, Goodluck Jonathan, was quick to personally call Zakzaky on phone and issue his apology for the loss of life of three biological sons of the cleric and 30 other members of the movement. That position and reaction of the then president can be contrasted with the reaction of the current president after a higher death toll and bigger destruction of properties.


A popular Zakzaky, whose restraint and patience in the face of losing six sons, and his insistence on non-violence preaching would be the best ally of northern extraction for the South to face the APC tyrant in the next presidential election. Zakzaky’s record of being incorruptible and a symbol of integrity are impeccable in Nigeria. Being from a Shi’ite background and holding on to Shi’ite doctrines which promotes and respects the freedom and right of belief for others based on Quranic verses (2:256; 18:28; 109:6) completely ignored by extremist Sunnis, particularly the Sunnis of the Wahhabi/Salafist ideology, Zakzaky would be the much wished for symbol for Christian-Islamic unity in Nigeria. After the Zaria Massacre, and the restraint and peaceful reaction of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, the popularity of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria and the personality of Zakzaky are on the rise. Reaching understanding with Zakzaky, who is destined to be released for his innocence and immense loss of the lives of his followers and family members, is the way out for the PDP in the 2019 presidential election. No matter what the naysayers do or how they react to this suggestion, the good thing is that any human being from any religious or political or ethnic background can reach an understanding with a Shi’ite Muslim, which is far from the case with a Wahhabi/Salafist devoid of reason or human sympathy.

Going by the politics in the Middle East where Muslims are increasingly divided along sectarian/religious lines, the Christians have no better political allies than the Shia (Shi’ite) Muslims as can be viewed in the Middle East.


After the Zaria massacre that resulted in the killings of hundreds of harmless civilians both on the highway where a confrontation with the army appeared, and off the highway (in the house of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, the Shia worship center (Husseiniyyah), and the movement’s cemetery which were also illegally demolished by soldiers) where soldiers stormed in madness to sniff out the life of every innocent Nigerian Shi’ite soul in a brutal show of force and complete disregard for human life to give the Wolf of Aso Rock his well deserved title of being a blood thirsty tyrant and to send the message into the air that a “tough” deadly soldier is in power, three months and counting, hundreds killed are yet to be properly buried (said to have been buried in mass graves by soldiers to hide crimes against humanity), hundreds arrested and imprisoned are yet to be charged or granted bail, and hundreds missing are yet to be found.

From the case Lebanon,a Middle Eastern country that is multi-religious, the Shia Islamic Resistance Movement Hezbollah happens to be the ally of the largest Lebanese Christian party, the Free Patriotic Movement led by a Christian former Lebanese Army chief General Michel Aoun, in the Lebanese parliament. Hezbollah has also gone ahead to stand out as a (Shi’ite) Muslim group against the rampaging Wahhabi terrorists such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda affiliated al-Nusra Front in neighboring Syria, and Hezbollah fights alongside the Syrian Arab Army in support of the legitimate authority of Syria and President Bashar al-Assad. Much alike, the Islamic Movement in Nigeria has literally saved the lives of hundreds of Christians, in particular during the 2011 post election violence, when Buhari’s rampaging hordes of Salafist/Wahhabi bloodsucking supporters were shedding the blood of innocent Christians in the North who had no relations whatsoever to Goodluck Jonathan, and at best, they could have only practiced their democratic rights by voting for their candidate of choice.


Gyellesu in Zaria, the headquarters of the Shi’ite Islamic Movement in Nigeria was safe haven for fleeing Christians, especially Igbos. The youth scouts of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria stood ground to protect the fleeing souls who wanted safe shelter until the storm of political violence and religious madness had subsided.

For the 2019 presidential elections, Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky should be approached by the PDP to rescue the party and accept the party nomination to bear its flag against the APC candidate, who would most likely be the incumbent president. Such a move will have deep and wide ramifications in the politics of Nigeria and it will be a historical point whereby more tolerant of Christians/Non-Muslimsand accommodating Muslims, i.e. the Shi’ites, will form an unbroken political alliance with the Southern Christians. This alliance will go a very long way to shape the political landscape in the country and bury the northern “born to rule” mentality espoused by Sunni Muslims. The Shi’ites are very much opposed to the monarchy system, and therefore the “born to rule” mentality by any emir or sultan is very much against Shi’ite doctrine of equality among the human race.

Many would want to know the feasibility of filing Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky as the presidential candidate of the PDP in the 2019 presidential election. When it comes to the numbers, the Islamic Movement in Nigeria has followers, mainly in the North, estimated to be a minimum of 5 to 10 million, and a maximum of 15 to 25 million. A Christian-Shi’ite Muslim political alliance in elections would means winning over the born to rule mentality, and breaking the votes in the north. Significantly, the South West will no longer have the sole power as the tie breaker. It will strike an electoral balance that can pacify the North for many years to come.

A popular Zakzaky, whose restraint and patience in the face of losing six sons, and his insistence on non-violence preaching would be the best ally of northern extraction for the South to face the APC tyrant in the next presidential election. Zakzaky’s record of being incorruptible and a symbol of integrity are impeccable in Nigeria. Being from a Shi’ite background and holding on to Shi’ite doctrines which promotes and respects the freedom and right of belief for others based on Quranic verses (2:256; 18:28; 109:6) completely ignored by extremist Sunnis, particularly the Sunnis of the Wahhabi/Salafist ideology, Zakzaky would be the much wished for symbol for Christian-Islamic unity in Nigeria. After the Zaria Massacre, and the restraint and peaceful reaction of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, the popularity of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria and the personality of Zakzaky are on the rise. Reaching understanding with Zakzaky, who is destined to be released for his innocence and immense loss of the lives of his followers and family members, is the way out for the PDP in the 2019 presidential election. No matter what the naysayers do or how they react to this suggestion, the good thing is that any human being from any religious or political or ethnic background can reach an understanding with a Shi’ite Muslim, which is far from the case with a Wahhabi/Salafist devoid of reason or human sympathy.

boluwatife66:
@carinmon there you go again...if not that you are my crush i would have accused you of joining the armies in in the victimization of the IMN.. 2011 i was in gyallesu as i was set to conduct election at yarkasuwa lere LGA as an ABU student then. the tudunwada boys came to gyallesu to main students. these youths am sure you knw are sunnis. Elzakzaky is not an answer to our problem though because of the groups disregard for constituted authority. but i can tell you that in truth no single student was touched along zakzaky line in gyallesu. His men drove the rampaging youths away.

fulanimafia:
Hilarious.

So the Ibos/SE/SS want an alliance with the North and desire the terrorist Al-zakzaky as President just because they don't like Buhari?

Do these guys even know who Shiites are? They just heard of an opposing Islamic sect and automatically think the enemy of their enemy is their friend? Even to the point of averring that the clannish and jihadist shiites saved and sheltered Christians in their mosques when under attack? Is this administration the first to jail zakzaky (who has been jailed by almost every administration since the military era)?

These guys and their political daftness are assuming legendary status.

carinmom:

I beg to disagree with you, you see despite the fact that you were in gyallesu during your days in Kongo campus does not mean that what you've been saying represent facts.

Mind you i spent almost half of my life there nobody can tell me anything about that man right from the time when he was living in the city in their family house.

jpphilips:

What a disingenuous attempt to remodel absurdity do you think that all Nigerians are stup!d? Let me first of all thank you for the mannerism for which you repackaged a bad milk with the aim of selling it as Yoghurt, you did a very good job at that failed attempt.

First, I really appreciate and thank you for drawing a clear line between president Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR)'s sunni Islam as very distinct from the Sunni Murderers in the middle east, I cannot thank you enough.
Before you change your mind, let me quickly state here that radicalized Suni muslims are of the Wahhabi and Salafist extraction, President Buhari is neither of them, thanks to the Videos released of him performing the "Stone and Tomb" ritual in Saudi Arabia.
I am sure that your knowledge of Islam informs you well enough that such ritual is forbidden to Wahhabists and Salafists, perhaps that was why you hadn't the temerity to link President buhari's Suni islam with terrorism.


Who is Al Zakzaky? like you said, he belongs to Shia Islam did you care to tell Nigerians the aspect of Shia he belongs? It was convenient to tell us about the radicalized Suni (wahabists) but not convenient to tell us there are radicalized Shia who follow the Zaidy ideology or Shia Jihadism where Al Zakzaky belongs, You must apologise to Nigerians for that convenient error in introducing Al Zakzaky to us.
Zaidy Shia are hosting the world's second terror organisations after ISIS. Is that who you want to sell to Nigerians as a presidential material?
Is that the Islamization agenda?

Two years ago, President Goodluck Jonathan got security intel that Iran has planted a Zaidy Shia (Shia jihadist) cleric to radicalize the Nigerian minority Shia population, it degenerated to a military confrontation, the cleric lost two of his sons in the process, we later learnt they held strategic positions in the Jihad they are planning to unleash on the Majority Suni population, in his weak approach, Jonathan did not finish them off and we had temporary respite. That radicalized Shia cleric was Al Zakzaky.

Let me ask you a question; don't you think there is something sour about this milk Al zakzaky that a christian President despised as well as a Suni Muslim, can you figure out the underlying reason? don't guess, let me do that for you, "TERRORISM"

During the raid at his home in Zaria, most of the buildings in his worship center and residential homes were built on tombs can you tell us which aspect of Shia islam that does that? "Zaidy Shia", known for nothing else but terrorism, may Thunder fire you 17 times for suggesting an alliance between PDP and a Terrorist.
This suggestion of yours was not done in error, it is synonymous with every Middle eastern country that Shia radicals have destabilized, may Thunder fire your family for even thinking about it.


Now that Al Zakzaky has been clearly identified, let us dissect their partners you mentioned, Hezbollah.
Hezbollah is a political party in southern Lebanon founded by Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur, Imad Mughniyah, Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, these guys were radicalized by clerics like Al zakzaky, just like you subtly suggested to us, it was sold to the lebanese minority political party who bought it only to realize that the decision making body of Hezbollah is the military arm called the "JIHAD COUNCIL".

Hezbollah's military arm is so powerful (with Iranian support) that they are stronger than the Lebanese army, perhaps the AL zakzaky-PDP alliance will invite Hezbollah as its military arm to overwhelm the Nigerian army then overrun the country just like Lebanon where they lead Lebanon with Jihad council, is that the on going Islamization agenda?

Saudi Arabia will step in to protect the Majority Suni, Iran will step in to assist the PDP-Alzakzaky alliance (whichever Jihadist name they wish to adopt), America and other GCC states will step in to protect women and children in the crossfire of Jihadist conflict, then we will become another Syria, france and UK will step in when the Nigerian refugees (including myself) overwhelms other francophone African countries, is that what you really want? may another length of thunder fire you again for nursing such thoughts.

You told us that Hezbollah a Lebanese Terrorist group disguised as a political party is fighting ISIS in Syria, what a humanitarian gesture that must have been, what you refused to tell Nigerians is that Hezbollah is in Syria at the behest of Iran fighting a Suni wahabist terrorist group ISIS in a form of jihad, is that what you want to use our own Opposition PDP for? Thunder fire you again

Finally on Hezbollah, why did you forget to tell Nigerians the Motto of Hezbollah, gentlemen, don't think it is "Unity, Peace and Progress"

it is actually "God is Great, Death to America, Death to Israel, Curse on the Jews, Victory to Islam".
with an AK 47 on their party flag, that is exactly the kinda alliance a sane person is suggesting to PDP.

How has the Shia alliance worked out in other parts of the world? let us start with Hezbollah your c0ck mate!! Hezbollah since its formation as a Shia party alliance, fought the Lebanese government so badly that it degenerated to a civil war that saw Hezbollah victorious, that was the Genesis of the radical Islamization of Lebanon, ever since, Lebanon has not known peace.

Hezbollah participated in the first Israeli conflict in south Lebanon, hezbollah bombed the United states embassy so much that the US response remains a shock to Lebanese citizens till date, Hezbollah fought Israel again in 2006, and today they are fighting for Iran and President Assad in Syria, to what end? Jihad against their fellow radicalised Suni wahabist, is that the kinda nonsense you want to drag Nigerians into?

Let me state on record that president Buhari has secured both local and foreign alliance in the fight against Wahabist Sunni radicals Boko haram, yet these animals are not suggesting how other islamic nations will help us oust them, rather they are suggesting to us to oust our Suni moderate Islam and enthrone a terrorist backed Zaidi Shia cleric.


The Alliance of Shia Jihad coalition with opposition parties in Yemen led by Abdul-Malik al-Houthi has toppled two governments within 5yrs, first was president Abdullah Saleh and the latest is Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.
They call themselves Ansah Allah a Jihadist group that has rendered Yemen a failed state, till date, Saudi Arabia and other GCC allies are bombing Yemen mercilessly to return President Hadi back to power.
Is that the Nonsense you wish for Nigeria by asking PDP to align with a Shia Jihadi Al Zakzaky?

May Pregnant two in one Thunder fire you without mercy!!

This guys have already raised an Army, we are finished!!

Is this the plan of Ayatollah khomeini of Iran? so finally, the whole threat on Tv is here with us.
Buhari please watch your back and very seriously. These marauders aint fvcking around world over

Nigeria's Shia Muslims are not Zaidis.

where did you get that from?

the Zaidis are a Shia sub-sect in Yemen. The Alawites are also a Shia sub-sect in Syria. the Zaidis believe in 5 of the 12 holy Imams from the progeny of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) that the mainstream Shia around the world believe in. the mainstream Shia like those in Iran, Iraq, Bahrain, Azerbaijan, Lebanon, Syria and Nigeria are also referred to as "Twelvers" (al-Shiatul-Imamiyyah-al-Ithna-Ashariyyah) or they believe in the 12 holy Imams. being Zaidi or a "Fiver" (i.e. believing in only the five out of the twelve holy imams) has nothing to do with extremism or whatever fictional politics you are piling up there to express apprehension. of very recent, the Zaidis are tilting towards mainstream Shia and belief in the Twelve Imams; otherwise Zaidis are the Shia group/sub-sect that are the closest in belief and practice to the Sunni Muslims. it is simply religious doctrine and not politics. you pulling up the word "Zaidi" like a new catch does not add substance to your post or credibility to your words. why not research first before making assumptions and others who know about such religious topics to realize that you simply do not know what you are talking about.

jpphilips:

Studying Islamic studies does not mean you should not learn English, I never said Nigerian Shia Islam are Zaidis, never, I only said that AL Zakzaky a Zaidi Shia cleric was sent by Ayotallah to radicalize our peaceful Shia communities, there he has succeded thanks to the Nigerian Government that stopped him.

Well, you can tell that to an Amateur not me all the Radicalized Shia clerics are all Zaidis, same way all Radicalized Sunnis are either Wahabists or Salafists.
From Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi to Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur, You guys know what you are doing, just dont bring it anywhere close to Nigeria.
I know you are pained that your leader is in detention, that is for the greater good. Al zakzaky is not the only Shia cleric in Nigeria, why is every Governmnet hunting him like rat? Because he is a radicalized Zaidi cleric, all the religious restrictions in Kaduna state is because of his group.
just park one side .