After spending five months receiving medical treatment in Iran, the supreme leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenah, have returned to Abuja.
According to the Nation, he arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport.
This marked his first major public appearance since his release from Kaduna prison in July 2021, signifying a pivotal moment for both him and his followers.
He said: “We are better than we were, even though we have not completed our treatment. Perhaps, after six months, we may have to go back for the continuation of the next stage of treatment. We are very happy that we are back safely.”
Zakzaky declared: “We will continue what has been started (revivalist Islam). Nothing has stopped. You know the attempt by the last regime was to silence us once and for all, but they could see that we have continued with our activities all through their eight years of tyrannical rule.”
His arrest and that of his wife followed an attack by the Nigerian Army on their residence in December 2015, which led to the tragic loss of about a thousand of his followers, including family members.
After six years of detention, the couple’s freedom in 2021 and the subsequent return of their travel documents in October 2023 by the federal government, under Bola Ahmad Tinubu, enabled them to seek the necessary medical treatment abroad.
