PETITION FOR UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF SHEIKH IBRAHEEM ZAKZAKY (H)

Following the recent massacre of Muslims in Zaria, Nigeria and subsequent arrest of hundreds including the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, His Eminence Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky (H). The Federal Government of Nigeria under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari and all relevant authorities are hereby petition for unconditional release of Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky (H) and all people arrested during the Zaria Massacre.

During the massacre that took place in Zaria, Nigeria on 12th to 14th December, 2015; Nigerian Army attacked and killed hundreds of peaceful and unarmed people including women and children. The Army in collaboration with Kaduna State Government of Nigeria under Governor Nasiru Ahmed El-Rufa’i also demolished Hussainiyyah Baqiyyatullah Zaria (Mosque), House of Sheikh Zakzaky (H). Similarly, Jannatu Darul Rahma (cemetery) and House of Zakzaky’s mother that house her grave were also demolished.

Up to this moment the Federal Government of Nigeria refused to provide access to the Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky (H) despite gun-shot injuries he sustained and also withheld corpses of the killed people.

We therefore demand for:

• Unconditional release of Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky (H).
• All the corpses of massacred people be released to their family for proper burial.
• All detainees be released together with the injured for medical attention.
• A strong and all-inclusive committee be set up that include local and international representations to investigate and make public its findings for the world to know the truth.