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How DSS Spent N164.5m Feeding IMN Leader, El-Zakzaky

Tony Nwanne by Tony Nwanne
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About N164.5 million has been spent by the Department of State Services on the feeding the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, PUNCH reports.

El-Zakzaky has been in the custody of the DSS since December 12, 2015, till December 2019, when he was arrested.

He was later transferred to the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Kaduna, on the order of Justice Gideon Kurada of a Kaduna State High Court, alongside his wife, Zeenat.

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Also, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, had revealed in November 2018 that the Federal Government spent a total of N3.5m to feed the Shiite leader monthly.

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Due to El-Zakzaky’s detention since December 12, 2015, the cost of feeding the Shiite leader amounts to a total of N164.5m in 47 months.

In a separate report, Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, clarified that the sum was not only for feeding the Shiite leader, but on security as well.

“The N3.5m monthly feeding on El-Zakzaky is not only about his food, but other expenses on security men attached to him. The security men are permanently stationed with him, they surround where he is kept,” he said.

Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, who recently spoke to the news medium said that the cost of feeding El-Zakzaky may continue to rise since he is in prison and is therefore still being taken care of with tax payers’ money.

The lawyer explained that El-Zakzaky was granted bail many times but the orders were ignored by the Federal Government until the Kaduna State Government decided to charge the IMN leader to court nearly three years after his arrest.

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The activist said, “El-Zakzaky is now in prison but he is still being taken care of by the Federal Government with tax payers’ money.”

The Islamic cleric was arrested after soldiers clamped down on his supporters, killing at least 347 of them. The army accused them of blocking a public road being used then by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai.

He was detained without trial for several months, causing his lawyer, Falana, to file a suit before a Federal High Court in Abuja.

In December 2016, Justice Gabriel Kolawole ordered that El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenat, be released from detention into an accommodation that must be provided for them within 45 days.

The Federal Government, however, ignored the judgment.

He remained in custody for another 17 months until he was arraigned by the Kaduna State Government in April 2018.

Since his arrest, El-Zakzaky’s followers have been protesting his detention in several parts of the country some of which have led to bloodshed.

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