Shiites: Stop abusing our sovereignty – Pro-democracy group queries Iran over calls for release of El-Zakzakky
The National Democratic Front (NDF) has warned Iranian Government against sponsoring terrorism in Nigeria and interfering in the affairs of the country as a sovereign nation.
The group was reacting to the recent call by Iranian government for the release of leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzakky for treatment in the middle east.
Recall that NDF had earlier raised raise the alarm that the Islamic Republic of Iran is responsible for the orgy of violence and killing in Nigeria by the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) have now been proven.
Addressing newsmen on Friday on the development, NDF warned Iran to steer clear Nigerian territory.
Bolaji Abdulakdir, Secretary General of the group, said the offer to relocate El-Zakzaky to the custody of Iran is meant to be a soft-landing that will allow him evade justice.
He warned security agencies to be vigilant following this offer of a poisoned chalice.
Full text of his speech below.
In the past, Iran’s response to these assertions that it was sponsoring IMN terrorists consisted mostly of remaining silent. But the pressure that has been piled on Iran has forced it to expose itself as the larger chunk of the problem by being a state sponsor of terrorism.
Iran has also become frustrated that weeks of violent protest and the assassination of law enforcement officers have not derailed the due process that is in place for the trial of IMN leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, who is before a court in Kaduna on charges of murder, treason and other crimes.
