BREAKING: EL ZAKZAKY ON HIS WAY BACK TO NIGERIA AFTER DISCHARGING SELF FROM HOSPITAL IN INDIA
Barely 96 hours after landing in New Delhi for medical treatment, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem el-Zakzaky, has reportedly discharged himself from the Medenta Hospital and is now on his way back to Nigeria.
The President, Media Forum of IMN, Ibrahim Musa, said that El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, who were airborne as of the time of speaking with The Punch on Thursday evening, left New Delhi around 5:00 p.m. Nigerian time, heading back to the country.
Musa, in a statement, blamed the Federal Government for scuttling the IMN leaderās planned treatment.
Musa said, āFollowing lack of a breakthrough in the impasse that ensued in the treatment in New Delhi of Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, it is now confirmed that the Sheikh is on his way back to Abuja.
āIn a video message sent through his office, the Sheikh said it was decided that they will be taken to the airport to be flown back to Nigeria.
āHe has left Delhi by 17:00 Nigerian time.ā He prayed that āmay that be the best option in the circumstances.ā
The group added, āThe Nigerian governmentās interference and scuttling of the whole process rather than supervision as ordered by the court is the direct cause of the impasse.
āThe government never wanted the medical leave in the first place, and did whatever to stop it by all means possible,ā Musa alleged.
The FG had earlier refuted El-Zakzakyās allegations, stating that he attempted to violate the conditions of his treatment by making unreasonable demands, including insisting on lodging in a five-star hotel in New Delhi with free access to āall manner of visitors.ā
The Punch