The Islamic Movement in Nigeria has said its leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, must be released unconditionally or the group would shun the Judicial Commission Inquiry set up by the Kaduna State Government.
The JCI was saddled with the responsibility to unravelling the cause of the clash between members of the Shi’ite group and the Nigerian Army on December 12, 2015 in Zaria.
The clash led to the death of several persons with the Nigerian Army and the group trading blames over the actual cause of the tragic clash.
The IMN in a statement through the President of its Media Forum, Ibrahim Musa, argued that El-Zakzaky, being the custodian of the documents of the movement, remained the only person to give directive to attend the JCI.
The Nigerian Military and the Police, according to the IMN, must also disclose the number of their members in the various detention facilities across the North.
The statement read in part, “That the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria should be released unconditionally.
“The Nigerian Government is holding the leader of the Movement incommunicado knowing that he is the custodian of the documents of the Movement and has to give direction to the movement in the preparation of its Memorandum and the assembling of its witnesses.
“The Nigerian Military and the Nigerian Police must make a full disclosure of the number of persons in their various detention centers and grant lawyers of the movement access to most of them.
“The Nigerian Military and the Nigerian Police must also make full disclosure of the number of persons they took to the various hospitals and the location of the hospitals to enable the lawyers of the movement have access to them and interview them preparatory to the inauguration of the commission.
“The Commission of Inquiry must also give full assurance that the members of the Movement that will give evidence will be fully protected.
“The Kaduna State Government and the Kaduna State Police Command must disclose the number of persons it has charged to court and the number of persons it has in prison custody.”
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