El-Zakzaky: Brother Demands Further Clampdown On IMN, Shites

By Ayodele Oluwafemi

Sheikh Muhammad Yakubu, a brother of the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky has supported the Federal Government decision to proscribe the Shi’ites group, noting that it was long overdue.

Sheikh Yakubu who is the Zaria Branch Chairman of Izalatul Bid’ia wa Ikamatus sunna, noted that  his younger brother, El-Zakzaky and the leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau  were deadly terrorists.

He made this known in an interview with The Nation in Zaria. 

He added that the moment El-Zakzaky left his previous base in Zaria, security agencies were able to tame the violent activities perpetuated by the group.

He further stressed that the  Federal Government should  disband the Shi’ite sect in its entirety, rather than proscribing the sect.

According to him, “As you may be aware, El-Zakzaky is my blood brother. We were given birth to by the same father. While growing up, before he started this journey into Shi’ism, I didn’t have any close friend apart from him. We did everything together. We studied together in Islamic school.

“We warned him seriously to desist when he started this Shi’ism ideology. I personally warned him several times, and when he refused, I had to abandon him. So, whatever the authorities might have done to him, he caused it for himself.

“There is nothing good about Shi’ism. These people are supposed to have been proscribed a long time ago, but the government waited until they are now causing havoc.

“In the entire world, where has the Chief of Army Staff ever been blocked on the way and denied right of passage? Since the time Shi’ites people did that to the Nigerian Chief of Army Staff, they were supposed to have been stopped. But now, the authorities seem to have understood their mission.

“Anywhere the Shi’ites are, they are always a problem. They are the ones that ruined Iraq. They are the ones that ruined Syria, Yemen and Lebanon. All the crises you see in the Middle-East, Shi’ites are responsible for them.

“You see, with their protests, they can take over government. The enemies of the country and enemies of the sitting government can take advantage of the Shi’ites protest and overthrow the government,” he said.

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