PRESS RELEASE
We would like to inform the public that the Buhari regime, through Muhammad Babagana Monguno, is plotting to execute another prisonbreak in the country and to lay the groundwork for future attacks on the Islamic movement led by His Eminence Sheikh Ibraheem Ya'qoub El-Zakzaky (H).
The planned prisonbreak and unlawful attack on the Islamic movement are contained in a document authored by Haliru Nababa, Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service, and sent to all Zonal Coordinators, all Commandants Training Institutions, all Controllers of State Commands, all Principals of Borstal Training Institutions, and all Officers In-Charge of Custodial Centers.
In a radio message referenced as NCoS/777/Vol2/172, dated March 6, 2023, and titled "Re: Uncovered Plot by the Islamic movement in Nigeria to Lunch Coordinated Attack on Some Custodial Centers," Haliru Nababa stated that "Intelligence received from the Office of the National Security Advisor (ONSA) revealed that some members of the above mentioned sect have perfected plans to launch attacks on the following custodial centers: Kano MSCC, Potiskum MSCC, Yobe State, Kontagora, as well as Suleja MSCC in Niger State, with the aim of freeing their members."
We are responding to these laughable lies and allegations not because they are worthy of being responded to, but because we know how bad the Buhari regime is. The public will recall that the Buhari regime disguised the blocking of the road for the former Chief of Army Staff, TY Buratai, and executed the 2015 Zaria massacre that led to the killing of more than 1,000 people in Zaria, Kaduna state. Because of that, we decided to respond to this document written by Haliru Nababa.
It is unfortunate for Haliru Nababa as Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service, but he is not aware that there is not a single follower of Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky (H) in Kano, Potiskum, Kontagora, and Suleja Correctional Centers, and ends up lying that we want to free our brothers in the said prisons while we have nobody there.
We would like to inform the public that the Islamic movement, under the leadership of his eminence, Sheikh Ibraheem Ya'qoub El-Zakzaky (H), has no plan to attack correctional centers and facilities. We categorically reject these baseless allegations.
Let us remind the public that this is not the first time Mohammed Babagana Monguno has framed this lie; he has said it several times and the alleged prisonbreak did not happen. It is pertinent to remind Monguno that the Kaduna Judicial Commission of Inquiry (JCI) report found that the "Cordon and Search Operation" conducted by the Nigerian Army that culminated in the pogrom was "in contravention of the provision of Section 8 of the Armed Forces Act No. 24 of 1994". Furthermore, the Amnesty International report titled "Unearthing the Truth: Unlawful Killings and Mass Cover-Up in Zaria", uncovered serious and heinous crimes against humanity by the Army.
Hence, the regime that executed the Zaria massacre has no moral standing to accuse someone of terrorism, and in normal circumstances, Buhari, Monguno, and other perpetrators of the Zaria massacre are supposed to be prosecuted for crimes against humanity. We would like to advise the regime to sit down and reflect on the irredeemable humiliations and defeats they received while attacking us during the 2015 Zaria massacre to date and concentrate on managing socio-economic problems devastating the people of this country.
The public will recall the drama presented by the Tyrant Buhari about releasing Boko Haram members during the Kuje prisonbreak in July 2022. As a result of the Kuje prisonbreak, numerous inmates ran out of the prison to save their lives, and after the prisonbreak, more than 40 Free Zakzaky protesters who were being unlawfully detained in the prison voluntarily returned to the prison to continue with their trial to enable them to prove their innocence. Followers of Sheikh Zakzaky in the prison have been receiving commendations and bravery messages from inmates and the public due to their good human relations.
We are calling on the public to hold the Buhari regime responsible for the July 2022 Kuje prisonbreak. We also want to put it on record that the plan to attack correctional centers and facilities at Kano, Poriskum, Kontagora, and Suleja as a plot by Tyrant Buhari, Muhammad Babagana Monguno, and Haliru Nababa. Thus, whatever happens to the aforementioned correctional centers, the public should squarely hold Tyrant Buhari, Mohammed Babagana Monguno, and Haliru Nababa responsible for that.
Finally, we are determined to continue protesting against the travel ban placed on our leader by the Buhari regime and to demand the release of the travel documents of Sheikh Ibraheem Ya’qoub El-Zakzaky (H) and his wife Zeenah Ibraheem.
Halima Aliyu
For the Academic Forum of the Islamic movement,
under the leadership of his eminence Sheikh Ibraheem Ya’qoub El-Zakzaky (H)
16 March, 2023
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