Following lack of breakthrough in the impasse that ensued in the treatment in New Delhi of the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, the Sheikh embarked on a return journey to Nigeria on Thursday.
In a video message sent through his office, the Sheikh said it was decided that he and his wife would be taken to the airport to be flown back to Nigeria.
A statement signed by Ibrahim Musa, president, Media Forum of the IMN, and made available to our correspondent in Kaduna on Thursday evening, prayed that the Sheikh’s return may be the best option in the circumstance.
“The Nigerian government’s interference and scuttling of the whole process rather than supervision as ordered by the court is the direct cause of the impasse,” the statement said.
“The government never wanted the medical leave in the first place, and did whatever to stop it by all means possible,” it said.
El-zakzaky and his wife had on Monday departed for India to seek medical attention and were to be attended to at Medanta Hospital, New Delhi.
Abubakar Abdulrahman, chairman of the Free Zak Zaky Committee, had said in a statement that the duration of the stay of the IMN leader and his wife would only be determined by their doctors in India.
Zakzaky, who has been detained by the Department of State Service (DSS) for about four years, was released following an order of the Kaduna State High Court granting him and his wife leave to undergo treatment at an Indian hospital of their choice.
The IMN leader, according sources, is suffering from partial stroke and other complications as a result of his prolonged incarceration allegedly without proper medical attention in the country.
