Breaking: El-Zakzaky On His Way Back To Nigeria

'Dotun Akintomide
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Following lack of breakthrough in the impasse that ensued in the treatment in New Delhi of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, it is now confirmed that he is on his way back to Abuja, Nigeria.

PRNigeria gathered that he departed New Delhi in a commercial airline at 5pm Nigerian time.

In a video message sent through his office, the Shiite leader in Nigeria said it was decided that they would be flown back to Nigeria.

He prayed that the decision may be the best option in the circumstance.

A top member of the Islamic Human Rights Commission, which negotiated the medical treatment in India, said the Nigerian Government’s interference and scuttling of the whole process rather than supervision as ordered by the court is the direct cause of the impasse.

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