BY MAYOWA SAMUEL
The Nigerian Police have released three corpses of members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) who were allegedly shot dead by its personnel in 2019 during a protest for the release of Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, leader of IMN.
A statement by Halima Aliyu on behalf of the Academic Forum of the Islamic movement said there are also six corpses of their members in police custody, and they vowed to explore every legal measure to get them released.
The statement read, “We would like to inform the public that after withholding the remains of Free Zakzaky protesters for 3 years, Police have begun to release the corpses.
“In response to our Press Conference held in Abuja on Monday, October 3, 2022, where we vow to continue with contempt of court proceedings against the Inspector General of Police, the Police release 3 out of 9 corpses of Free Zakzaky protesters.
“The protesters were killed by the Police on Monday, July 22, 2019, at Federal Secretariat Abuja, while protesting against the unlawful detention of his eminence Sheikh Ibraheem Ya’qoub El-Zakzaky (H) and his wife Malama Zeenah Ibraheem, the group alleged.
