Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria across several cities have staged massive protests across the country, demanding for the release of their leader, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky from DSS custody.
Protests were held in Kano, where thousands of men and women, the young and old marched through the major streets of the city, calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to release Zakzaky who has been in detention at the SSS Custody for the past four months now.
It was the same story in Azare, Bauchi state, where early in the morning members of the Islamic movement matched through the town carrying placards mostly emboldened with ‘FREE ZAKZAKY’
In Jos, Plateau state, the protest ended peacefully as youths marched through the streets reminding the public how brutal was the massacre carried out by the military in Zaria, Kaduna state.
Reports from Bauchi, also said there was a large turnout of people demanding the release of Sheikh Zakzaky from incarceration since no charge has been brought against him.
Gombe town was not left out in the protest. Men, women and children staged a peaceful protest also calling on the government to release Sheikh Zakzaky.
There were also protests yesterday in Kaduna, Sokoto, Gusau and Birnin Kebbi.
The protests came on the heels of the recent disclosure by lawyers of Sheikh Zakzaky who were allowed to see him in detention that he had has lost an eye and is in need of medical attention.
Zakzaky is being detained together with his wife, Zeenat Ibrahim.