Free Sheikh Zakzaky Rallies Held in Nigeria

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Rallies were held in Nigeria on Friday in protest as continued detention of the country’s Shia leader Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky.

The Free Sheikh Zakzaky rallies were held in Gombe, in the northeastern part of Nigeria, as well as Sokoto in the northwest, the website of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) reported.

According to reports, at least 100 people were killed in mid-December when the Nigerian army raided the Islamic Movement of Nigeria headquarters and arrested its leader in the northern city of Zaria.

On December 13, the army raided several buildings connected to the IMN and the home of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky.

They arrested him and killed key members of the group, including Zakzaky’s second-in-command and spokesman.

According to Ibrahim Musa, the movement’s spokesman, about 800 Shia Muslims were killed in the army’s attack.