The group share a doctrine that contradict the purposeful sovereignity of Nigeria as a nation. The IMN dominate a portion of Nigeria land in Kaduna state, possesses able-bodied men as her soldiers and terrorising the peace of the country.
This however is against the law of the country. On numbers of occasions, the Shi'tes are found of breaching the peace and free movement of Nigerians on federal roads. They block roads and delay road users from movement. At a point in time, they blocked the convoy of the Chief of Army staff, Maj. Gen. Tukur Buratai and in respect a soldier member in his convoy lost his life.
The group have been responsible for many breach of public peace and resulted to loosing of lives and properties, majorly in Kaduna state.
This and numbers of reasons informed the decision of the government to arrest him and charge him on numbers of count charges in the court. Since 2015, El-zakyzaky has been in the custody of the security operatives answering questions and facing count charges.
Very recently, the IMN members/Shi'tes occupied the street of the country's federal capital territory, Abuja on a "heavy" protest. The protest was said to be in expression of their discontentment of the government holding their leader in custody. The groups claimed their leader has not been charged to court or face trial, they were demanding for immediate release of Ibraheem El-Zakyzaky and his wife.
The said protest generated bloodshed and public unrest. It resulted to violence. A Deputy Commissioner of Police(Operations) lost his life in the cause, many brutally injured, and gross of Shi'tes members were arrested.
Down the lane, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja ruled in favour of Shi'tes group who had sought for a medical trip of Sheikh ibraheem El-Zakyzaky to India. The trip was to be carried out with him wife, Maryam.
The Department of States Services(DSS) coordinated the obedience of the Court Order and oversaw the Shi'tes leader and his wife travel to India on purpose of taking medical attention.
Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakyzaky cried out from India claiming Kirikiri Prison is better than the hospital he was admitted in India.
The Permanent Secretary of Nigeria's Ministry of Information and Culture, Grace Isu Gekpe who spoke on behalf of Nigerian government in a press release claimed Ibraheem El-Zakyzaky and his wife Maryam planned to escape to Iran through some connection outside the arrangement of Nigeria and India of his initial purpose of traveling, which is to take medical attention.
The government however foiled that attempt and plan and in the spirit of maintaining the mutual relationship between Nigeria and India, Ibraheem El-Zakyzaky and Maryam was repatriated to the country and moved to the custody of the DSS.
Ibraheem El-Zakyzaky is facing count charges on murdering, breach of public peace and causing of unrest, treason against the Nigeria government and related charges.
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