{"id":108072,"date":"2023-09-27T22:17:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T21:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=108072"},"modified":"2023-09-27T22:17:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T21:17:45","slug":"dss-nabs-shiites-spokesperson-at-kano-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dss-nabs-shiites-spokesperson-at-kano-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"DSS nabs Shi\u2019ite\u2019s spokesperson\u00a0at Kano Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1778214469859865063\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Spokesperson of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) also known as Shii\u2019tes, Malam Ibrahim Musa has been arrested by operatives of\u00a0 the Department of State Service (DSS).<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nJournalists were told that Musa was arrested by the\u00a0 DSS, at the Aminu Kano International Airport\u00a0 on Wednesday morning, while on his way to Saudi Arabia for the lesser Hajj.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement\u00a0 issued by an official of the IMN, Abdullahi Usman ,it was stated that no reason has been provided by the authorities for Musa\u2019s arrest, and called for his immediate release.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, Musa was known for his role in the call for the release of Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky\u00a0 who was arrested\u00a0 by government in 2015 in Zaria, Kaduna State.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement , \u201cIbrahim Musa, who was with a family member Binta Sulaiman, was abducted by the Nigeria\u2019s secret police, DSS, at the Aminu Kano International Airport early morning on Wednesday while on his way to Saudi Arabia for the lesser Hajj (Umrah).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeanwhile, no reasons have been provided by the authorities for his arrest\u00a0 even as he is known for his role in the call for the release of Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky\u00a0 who was arrested at the wake of a clampdown and extrajudicial killing of about 1000 of his followers by the Nigerian government in 2015 in Zaria, Kaduna state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was part of the campaign that got the Federal High Court judgement ordering the release and compensation of Sheikh Zakzaky, the leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria, for which it is believed the security agents who lost in the case are displeased.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHuman rights organizations, especially the Amnesty International (AI), had pressured the immediate past Governor of Kaduna state, Malam Nasiru Elrufai to publicly announce that his government had buried about 350 people killed in the extrajudicial killing in a mass grave at Mando village in Kaduna.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIbrahim Musa is known to have been active in speaking against the acts of state terrorism, extrajudicial killings and marginalization of a minority group of Muslims by the Nigerian Government under President Muhammadu Buhari.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe placed his life on the line to ensure justice is done and thousands of those arrested following the state managed mass murder were released by the government using available judicial means.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wish to call for the immediate release and safety of Malam Ibrahim Musa whose only crime is standing against genocide and disregard to law and order perpetrated by those in power under the Buhari regime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also wish to draw the attention of the authorities and other stakeholders to the dangers behind extending the murder activities in which innocent men, women and children were extrajudicially killed by the immediate past regime, to the current regime of President Bola Ahmad Tinubu.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to believe that the current government of President Bola Tinubu would not want to identify itself with the abuse of democratic tenets, human rights abuse and intimidation through genocide perpetrated by the immediate past regime. Hence, we reiterate the call for his immediate and unconditional release,\u201d the statement added.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spokesperson of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) also known as Shii\u2019tes, Malam Ibrahim Musa has been arrested by operatives of\u00a0 the Department of State Service (DSS). 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