The presidency has described Shiites members protesting and demanding the release of their leader, Ibrahim El-zakzaky, as those who are stupid.

The members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) popularly known as Shiites, have continued to protest against the detention of Mr El-zakzaky.

The cleric has been in detention since members of his movement clashed with personnel of the Nigerian Army in 2017.

Despite granting his release by several competent court of jurisdiction, the federal government has continued to hold the sect leader hostage, citing national security as reason.

Speaking when he appeared on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, said members of the IMN are stupid because the statement of the presidency pertaining to the detention of the cleric clearly shows the government has extended an olive branch to them which they have rejected.

Mr Shehu also said the protesters ought to be celebrating the decision of the Federal Government to end its involvement in the trial of El-zakzaky.


“Those guys are not intelligent. If they had read our statement correctly, they would have seen an olive branch. What is the government saying? We are still open to dialogue and we are willing to abide by adjudication by the court of law,” he said.

“If the Nigerian government says, ‘Our hands are off that case’ (and) the Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice says, ‘We no longer have a hand’; if those guys were intelligent, they should be celebrating this.

“But assembling women and young kids and teaching them nothing to do other than insult President Muhammadu Buhari and the leaders of this country and you think that will take you somewhere?

“No, I’m sorry, those guys need to think and determine what is right for themselves. If the government were to use force, it is present. But by the decision of the President, we don’t push too hard and they shouldn’t push the government to the wall.

“If they decide otherwise and they want to continue attacking the National Assembly, throwing stones at the police and burning down police vehicles and they think the army and the police are meek and powerless, they shouldn’t test those elements,” Shehu added.


While nothing that under his principal insecurity in the country has reduced compared to other past administrations, the presidential spokesman advised the media to focus on other achievements of the president and turn a blind eye to the killings going on in the nation.

Source: https://todaypoliticsng.com/why-shiites-protesters-are-stupid-presidency/

Will you treat fulani herdsmen the same way please

Really?

But Fulani herdsmen who are having a field day killing Nigerians are intelligent?

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Rumor has it that El zakzaki is dead, that's why the shiite are be protesting. Recall that he wanted to go for medical check up abroad last week but was refused.

All other groups might want to join so as not to be left out of the change that is coming to Nigeria.

Nonsense. Release the man and let us have peace in Abuja. Many people couldn’t go to work or met up with planned appointments today because of the protest. We cannot continue with this kind of nonsense.

El-Zakzaky’s fundamental human rights are being violated by the government. You cannot lock the man up for over four years without conviction or even proper prosecution and expect his followers not to react. The man deserve justice like every other human being. He should be released before the situation gets out of hand.

Can you imagine? Scores of people sacrificing their lives for nothing. Africans have a very long way to go in terms of literacy

a lot of people are jobless in this country

the only protest we see is religion

what about protesting about jobs, health sector, etc

even thou am not a president buhari fan, is it that most of this folks don't go to work because u can not be working and have time for all this..
this guys are always in their thousand,

see what oil money has caused it has made the larger percentage of the northerners to be lazy and pursue religious causes ,if every state in Nigeria was funding itself maybe just maybe all this won't be happening , have never see a southerner say they are protesting based on religion most of what they protest for is development.

We all know how borno state govt funded boko haram under ali modu sheriff..

Truer words have never been spoken.

Charleys:
Rumor has it that El zakzaki is dead, that's why the shiite are be protesting. Recall that he wanted to go for medical check up abroad last week but was refused.

Who spread rumors?!
Who believe rumors?!

You know the answer personally.
Let's leave you to that!

The Zoo must fall

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Truer words have never been spoken.

You are sick in the head, if you can't see everything wrong in the statement of Garbage Shehu, then a major knot has been permanently removed from your thinking faculty, your fellow zombie seunmsg is sensible enough to see that a human being's fundamental human right is being violated, but you have chosen to be dead to sense since 2015 cos of the dead humans meat Bubu supplies you to fry for fellow zombies.

They might have killed El-Zakzaky

Hmmm

North vs North

Really?
Things are going awry and you are talking about intelligent.. these people have hazardous their lives and have nothing to lose.. so they protest every now and then.

And this is coming from the federal government.

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some people when they are in power they tend to see others as been stupid and it is only them that are right.

Another terrorist group loading

Another catastrophe Waiting to happen... If this people should eventually embrace violence eh... That would be the end of Northern Nigeria... Our government know this.. But they are not bothered because the attacks no dey usually reach them.. Only the common masses.

Everyday this Garba shehu speaks, I use to wonder the amount of Garbage left in his oesophagus!!

What olive branch are you extending when you have not freed El Zakzaky even when competent courts asked you to free him!!!

I hope the whole world is watching .... Gen Buhari is intentionally pushing this group of people to terrorism and it won't be funny cos they are more hardened.They would also get the backing of the most powerful Shitte nation which is Iran!!!!


PMB please use your sense ..... Please Iran if and when you decide to deal with this Sunni president just know that he lives in Daura!!!!

post=80520512:
Truer words have never been spoken.

grow up

The rioters should prove their intelligence by dealing ruthlessly with him. Nonsense.

When a govt disobeys court orders and remains adamant to rule of law, lawlessness could become legal.

And if buhari is intelligent, he will release the Shiite leader now that things have not gone from bad to worse.

And the intelligent one is speaking. Pot calling kettle black.

Ok

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