The Federal Government has disclosed the reason the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky was returned back to Nigeria.

The FG in a statement by the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, Grace Gekpe, said the Shi’ite leader tried to seek asylum and eventually relocate to another country.

It also stated that El-Zakzaky action necessitated his repatriation.

The IMN leader and his wife, Zeenah, returned to Nigeria from India on Friday after spending just four days in India.

The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) had earlier released a statement accusing the FG of frustrating his medical treatment in India.

The Shiite leader and his wife have been in the detention of the Department of State Service since December 2015 after soldiers killed at least 347 IMN members for blocking a public road.

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