Thousands
of Nigerians are currently protesting against the ruling of a court
that detained the leader of the Shiite Islamic group, El-Zakzaky in
Abuja.
Abuja protest in support of El-Zakzaky
Thousands of protesters have reportedly taken over the Federal High
Court in Abuja to protest against the ruling of Justice Gabriel
Kolawole, asking that the incarcerated leader of the Shiite Islamic
movement in Nigeria, Sheik Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, be released
unconditionally.
According to Daily Times, the protesters stormed the court under
the banner of the Coalition on Good Governance and Change Initiative
(CGGCI).
The protesters raised concern over the judgement describing it as done without recourse to the consequences that "this
dangerous precedence would have on law enforcement, security,
anti-terror fight, terrorism, extremism and secessionist movements in
Nigeria."
The coalition's national chairman, Comrade Okpokwu Ogenyi, said the
judiciary has dealt a fresh blow to the future of Nigeria by legalizing
terrorism while leaving the rest of the people at risk of losing our
lives.
Describing the judgement as ridiculous, Ogenyi wondered how the
judge could order the release of a person believed to be a security risk
to the society through his extreme brand of foreign-backed Islamic
radicalization programme.
"Nigerians are ever ready to do the needful in safeguarding the
future of our dear nation and hence would demand that Justice Kolawole
be investigated by the National Judicial Council (NJC).
"In the space of one week, the judiciary has ordered dangerous
fanatics and demagogues to be returned to the streets to resume
brainwashing, radicalizing and militarizing vulnerable youths in the
population.
"This could have only been in keeping with fulfilling
obligations entered into for less than honourable considerations even as
we cannot rule out a judiciary that is taking its pound of flesh from
an executive arm that has exposed the sleaze on its soiled bench.
"If the entire judiciary has activated its vendetta against the
security agencies that they see as the executive arm, the precedence
set by Justice Gabriel Kolawole took things to the ridiculous by
awarding N50 million of tax payers’money to finance IMN’s radicalisation
programme while also asking that the police further deploy its
personnel to protect a man whose sect members would invariably kill like
they had killed soldiers and policemen in recent past.
"This judge also failed to realize the weight of his utterance
that has basically ordered the government to build a new headquarters
for a proscribed group – we do hope he will keep himself on the bench
for when other terror groups approach to demand for the government to
build them headquarters.
"The house demolished in Gyellesu, on which the directive to
build a new one for this demagogue, originally belonged to Alhaji Ismail
Gwarzo the DG NSO under late General Sani Abacha. El-Zakyzaky was given
the seized house by Gen Abdulsalam because people of Babban Dodo had at
time also rebelled against IMN occupation which made them to burn his
initial hub after he was released from another arrest for insurrection.”
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