‘I know Boko Haram leader Shekau’s hide-out’

Controversial Islamic scholar and leader of the
Islamic Movement in Nigeria popularly called
Shiite Muslim group, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky
has alleged that the leader of the Boko Haram
insurgents, Abubakar Shekau was being shielded
by the Nigerian military.
Zakzaky who spoke at the Movement’s 2014
Martyr day in Zaria on Sunday also alleged that
the Boko Haram activities were part of covert
operation by the developed nations to balkanize
Nigeria and plunder its resources.
While claiming he knows the hide out of the
nation’s most wanted man, Zakzaky said:
“Abubakar Shekau is presently being kept safe
in a military camp. Let no one be fooled, there
is nothing like Boko Haram. It is a covert
operation to balkanize Nigeria and steals its
resources in the name of search of Boko Haram
insurgents. If you can fool others, we cannot be
fooled.
“They have realised that there is gold in
Zamfara and Zaria, Birnin-Gwari, gold and
platinum in Sokoto and Borno. They did it in
Iraq, as they went in search of weapons of mass
destruction which they never found but plunged
the country in chaos.
“The same thing was experimented in
Afghanistan before our eyes. The Western
countries are experimenting the second phase
of scramble for Africa with great expectations
from Nigeria.
“The U.S. and Israel see the Islamic Movement
in Nigeria as the greatest threat to achieving
their sinister objective, hence the constant
clampdown attempt and arrest of our members.”
While alleging victimization of its members by
the Nigerian authorities, he asked for the
immediate release of two of its members
Haruna Abbas and Ibrahim Hussain, who he said
was arrested over a year ago for no just cause
and “unjustifiably” detained without trial.
“No law or constitutional provision allows for
such a lengthy detention without trial and
without visitation by families and friends,
especially in a democratic government Nigeria is
claiming to operate,” Zakzaky said.
Meanwhile, an inter-religious group, Think-
Nigeria Christian/Muslim Initiative wants
Nigerians to work hard to expose activities of
terrorist groups in the country and ensure
religious harmony in the country.
While commending multi-billionaire businessman,
Alhaji Umaru Abdulmutallab, who reported his
son Faruk to the authorities when he became
radicalized, the group in a communiqué at the
end of a two day summit in Kaduna asked
parents to pay more attention to their children
and wards in order to protect them from
activities of religious extremists.

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