The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has vowed to continue with protests after Suhaila Zakzaky, daughter of the group’s leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, called for continuation of protests on Thursday.
Suhaila had disowned Ibrahim Musa who posed as IMN spokesman, saying he was only the chairman of the media forum, just like any forum in the Islamic movement.
A statement on Friday by a top member of the IMN, Abdullahi Musa, for Academic Forum, Sisters’ Forum and Abul-Fadl, said other IMN members were not informed about the ban on protests.
“First of all, we would like to state for the record that apart from members of the media forum none of us was informed of this prior to seeing it in the papers and online.
“Secondly, the media forum of the Islamic Movement is supposed to consist of Pressmen and thus has no involvement in the organizing of our ceremonies, our protests or legal activities among others. Thirdly, no decision of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria has ever been communicated on the page of a newspaper,” the statement said.
The IMN disowned Ibrahim Musa as their spokesman.
“For this reason, we are compelled to caution the media to never treat, any further, such explicit declarations by any member of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria in general, and Ibrahim Musa in particular, without a grain of salt. We wish to also explicitly state that we are fully determined to continue our protests.
“We shall continue our peaceful protests, uninterrupted and unhindered till our leader Sheikh Zakzaky is free, for as long as it takes, regardless of obstacles. Until Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky is Free, our protests will continue,” the statement said.
