Releasing footage of Zakzaky is not enough: Shia community

Nigerian Shia community has said the government’s release of an edited video of their leader Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky will not placate calls for the Shia cleric’s immediate release.

Nigerian Shia community has said the government’s release of an edited video of their leader Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky will not placate calls for the Shia cleric’s immediate release.

On Sunday, a statement released stressing that it will continue with its peaceful demonstrations until their leader released.

“There is therefore no justification whatsoever to be satisfied by a few seconds of video clip of an illegally incarcerated Sheikh. It is absolutely a matter of complete freedom that he deserves or nothing at all for the Sheikh in our view,” read the statement.

On Saturday, Sheikh Zakzaky made his first public appearance since he was illegally detained by security forces in 2015, in footage released by the Department of State Services.