Shi’ites Vow To Resume Protest As El-Zakzaky, Wife Return

The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) otherwise known as Shittes,
have vowed to resume their street protests following the return of their
leader, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife,Zeenat. The Shi’ites say their
street protest will continue until their leader and his wife are given
proper medical attention.

El-Zakzaky and wife arrived the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport
aboard an Ethiopian airline flight and were immediately taken away by
the security operatives.

A statement by the President Media Forum of IMN, Ibrahim Musa reads

“It is glaringly clear that the Nigerian government had an ULTERIOR
MOTIVE it was nursing using its connections in India when it violated
court order and interfered with the procedures of the Sheikh’s
treatment. This can also be deduced from the way the security agents
whisked him away to unknown destination after arrival at Abuja
International airport, without allowing him to have audience with the
journalists that were waiting for his arrival.

The Islamic Movement will however continue its struggle to ensure
that our leader gets the appropriate medical treatment he deserves as
ordered by the Kaduna High court. And as we continue with the struggle,
we wish to reiterate our call for the federal government to comply with
an earlier Abuja high court that has freed him since 2016. We believe
obedience to this court order will finally solve the crisis that has
been lingering since the Zaria genocide of December 2015.

As our leader Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky has landed safely at Nnamdi
Azikwe International Airport today, we wish to set the records straight
in order to disabuse the minds of Nigerians from the false claims
perpetrated in some sponsored stories and articles in the media
concerning his aborted medical treatment in India.

However before we do that, we vehemently condemn the way the security
agents whisked him away upon arrival without allowing the multitude of
journalists that were waiting for him for hours to have a chat with him.
We urge the security agency holding him hostage to declare to the
public where they are keeping him in the country.

It is a well-known fact that the Nigerian authorities had tried all
their antics to see that the Sheikh wasn’t given a medical leave.
Distrustful of the Nigerian government’s offer of a jet to take him to
the destination, having survived its attempts to poison and kill him
while in detention, our leader Sheikh Zakzaky declined the offer and
chose to pay for his trip through the Emirates Airline.

Their ordeal started right here in Nigeria when they were schedule to
board the plane to Dubai. After a 2 hours’ drive from Kaduna to Nnamdi
Azikwe international Airport in Abuja, they were not given enough time
to rest before boarding the plane. They endured an 8 hours flight to
Dubai and another 3 hours flight to New Delhi. Under normal
circumstances, as patients suffering life threatening ailments they
shouldn’t have been subjected to such exhaustion. Nonetheless our leader
and his wife endured the journey hoping that they will get good
treatment when they reached New Delhi.

However, despite their need for rest, they were forcibly wheeled to a
hospital on arrival without their personal physician that accompanied
them from Nigeria. They were then subjected to physical examination in
the absence of the doctors that initially examined them in Nigeria and
when they requested for their presence, it was turned down. Another
physician that came from London was also denied access to them despite
his familiarity with the Sheikh’s case from Nigeria. It was at this
point that Sheikh Zakzaky lost confidence in the whole process and
refused any further attempt to have him forcibly treated.

Moreso, the Hospital compromised its independence and medical ethics,
treating without obtaining consent of the patients. The health workers
were further more interested in taking selfie with the Sheikh and
posting on social media, thereby violating their privacies.

When the Sheikh noticed some physical assault in addition to the
background circumstances, he lost complete confidence in the hospital
and demanded to see his own doctors for a substitute arrangement. It is
well within every patient’s right to decide whether or not to be treated
and to also decide who attends to his health.

It is called giving of consent, which every sane autonomous person
with capacity is entitled to. Contrary to the Nigerian government’s
press statement, that misinformed that it was against “medical ethics
and standard practice,” it is in fact at the very essence of medical
ethics, which every elementary medical person knows.” the statement read

{Naijafinix.com}