By Ikechukwu Nnochiri

ABUJA— The Federal Government, yesterday, gave reasons why the detained leader of the Shi’ite Islamic sect, Sheikh Ibraheem el-Zakzaky, will not be released from detention, saying it was keeping him to stave off circumstances that made Boko Haram sect turn violent in 2009.

It told the court that Zakzaky was on December 14, 2015, taken into protective custody by the Department of State Services, DSS, following an intelligence report that he was going to be killed.

The Federal Government, which made the disclosure while responding to a N2 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit by the detained Islamic leader, filed through his lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), said: “It is common knowledge that it was after the extra-judicial killing of the former leader of Boko Haram , Mohammed Yusuf, in police custody that the group, which prior to that, had operated quietly metamorphosed into a full blown terrorist group, plaguing the country and has killed thousands of people in various attacks.

“Up till this present time, despite the efforts of the Nigerian Army to quell the activities of this deadly group, the north-eastern part of Nigeria has been rendered unsafe as terrifying activities of Boko Haram in that area have turned the indigenes of these communities into displaced persons, who now live in camps around the country in the most deplorable conditions.

“The 1st respondent believes that if the applicant, who is the leader of Islamic Movement of Nigeria, one of the largest Islamic groups in the country, is allowed to be killed as revealed in the security report, the country may be plunged into another Boko Haram crisis, which was what necessitated the remand of the applicant in protective custody until it can be ascertained that he is no longer in such danger.”

Besides, government, through a 13-paragraph counter-
affidavit dated June 9, deposed by one Ayodeji Ibitoye, an operative in the Legal Services Department of DSS, told the court that to save the applicant’s life, he was evacuated to the service’s medical facility.

www.vanguardngr.com/2016/06/fg-court-dss-cant-release-shiite-leader-zakzaky/

Very Bad

So they're saying that they're keeping the man safe?

Sunnis looking after their Shi'te brother.

Ok

A dictator is a dictator.

1984 repeating in 2016 in Nigeria

And this why at the mention of the
name Buhari some section of this country
must remain 5%.

Just finish him there, millions wll be saved

No one will ever shout of discrimination about this, but it would have been some crazy war over their lord , Kanu! Bunch of hypocrites few of them are!

Nigerian melancholic depressed zombies are backing and supporting Buhari's cantankerous decision to flout court orders.

Leadership should be by example.

No B Today E Don Dey Happen Nt New

Hmmmm. Thoughtful but questionable.

Why not release him to go home and provide him full security protection ?

Well, I am not a security expert. So, what can I really say?

modelmike7:
No one will ever shout of discrimination about this, but it would have been some crazy war over their lord , Kanu! Bunch of hypocrites few of them are!

Which people have been calling for El Zakzaky's release? Which group has been the loudest? Just be honest

They should bring him to public view first as proof of life. At least let d public be sure that the state is rally protecting a living being and after that, he should be released to his home under arned guard. Since he has committed no crime which they want to charge him for, he is therefore remains a free citizen.

What about his wife? Is he also a security risk?

Where these mods dey? Lalasticlala, mynd44

sunni and shiite,saudi arabia and iran.

modelmike7:
No one will ever shout of discrimination about this, but it would have been some crazy war over their lord , Kanu! Bunch of hypocrites few of them are!

My yoruba muslim brother, I agree with you.

So the FG is saying zakzaky is innocent and they only shoot him in the buttocks, blinded him in one eye, abducted him, killed his sons/followers, demolished his buildings in order to keep him in protective custody from being killed by unknown elements

Chai...this govt is dumb fucke.d and bedeviled by the lying spirit.

What an error of governance on our political landscape.

The government and its terrorist army led by a sick terrorist president,Tyrant Buhari who best knows how to rear cows shot Sheikh Zakzaky and his wife. Killed his three children. Killed hundreds of his followers in cold blood at four different locations in Kaduna State. Demolished his house and worship center. Burnt corpses. Exhumed graveyard. And hidden mass graves.

And in the end after four months of detention without charge the criminal government by the criminal godforsaken Buhari are telling the world they are breaking the law and committing genocide and crimes against humanity to protect the life of Zakzaky. Shouldn't Buhari rot in hell? How can a criminal claim to protect the life of his victim? Have you ever seen an armed robber protect the belongings of his victim? Or a killer protecting his prey?

They now realize Zakzaky is innocent and they can file no charges against him and his rights have been r a p e d. They now realize that after the chief criminal Buratai killed protesters on the road to get his way arrogantly, the terrorist and coward army that is only good in killing innocent and armless Nigerians should not have proceeded into private properties far away from the road incident scene to kill more innocent life's indiscriminately and destroy properties at four other locations out of wickedness and vengeance for nothing! After coward Buratai passed, hours later you proceeded to the Husseiniyah,to Zakzaky's house, to the darur rahma cemetery and to the Fudiyah Islam center and kill like beasts and destroy innocent lives that had no knowledge of any road block. Now you realize your mistake and you sound like a drunk joker. It won't work. Justice will and must prevail.

Victory for the oppressed is a divine promise as espoused in Shia Islam. Zakzaky must be freed and compensated, families of victims well compensated and the demolished properties rebuilt by the government and the criminal soldiers punished if the government wants this issue to die down completely. Otherwise all the campaign of lies, calumny, false claim (including the silly state within a state stupid lie that was fed to the Tyrant and he shamefully repeated on TV) propaganda and stupidity the government is using to cover up will do no good. After 100 years this issue will still live fresh in our memory and we Shia and IMN followed will still seek justice like Shiites have not forgotten the Tragedy of Karbala for over a thousand years. At the moment, the IMN continues on its peaceful path and the peaceful and wise approach adopted by Sheikh Zakzaky. If the oppression continues what guaranty is there coward Nigerian soldiers won't be beaten and made to run for their lives like rats? What guarantee is there abuja will not be another Sanaa that IMN followers will capture and burn aso Rock on buhari's empty evil tyrannical head? There's no guarantee. The Nigerian oppressors are only flexing their frail muscles because they know the IMN are peaceful and not armed. So do not create problems with your own hands. You cannot dictate to millions what interpretation of Islam to follow. You can commit one hundred more Zaria massacre and there will still openly and fearlessly be Shia Muslims in Nigeria till thy kingdom come and thy will be done. You cannot force faith out of people's hearts and minds. Freedom of religion is a human right and not a privilege. Shiites have survived the world over with much oppression and persecution in the crude past, talk less of today-age of technology where nothing is concealed. Killing and oppression will not deter us. It will only give us more will to embrace martyrdom and when we've had enough of you to make sure you face justice in this world before the next in one way or the other,spiritually or otherwise.

Buhari and his government are already paying for the crimes in Zaria and unfortunately Nigerians too are paying for it and suffering. The economy is bad! Our Prophet Muhammad promised that when oppression is rampant in the land then poverty will prevail and be the order of the day. With no justice, more hunger and suffering lie ahead of you. He also warned that there is no veil between the cry of the oppressed and the Almighty God. How many of you have the feeling Buhari will DIE in office? He will, God willing, not survive our prayers and curses. Ill health and pain will befall him for his crimes against humanity in Zaria. Our prayers for Allah to destroy him and make an awful example out of him will be heard, Allah willing. Same with el rufai and coward Buratai. It is what they will see that will teach them that whenever they hear Shia, they will respect themselves and act like human beings and not bloody animals who have lost their senses and humanity. The solution to Nigeria's problems, both buhari's health and the economy and more lie in giving justice to the victims of the Zaria massacre. If any of you is wise, you will listen to the advice of Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi. He also has said it. And he isn't a Shia scholar but Sunni. A word is enough for the wise. Continuing playing around like stupid kids and blind bats; your life will be darkness.