Sheikh Zakzaky
Malik Yahya/
Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (aka Shi’ite), Sheikh Ibrahim El Zakzaky, has been freed by the Federal Government and flown out of Abuja, tonight, to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Emirates Airline en route India for medical treatment.
The aircraft, marked EK 786, took off at 6:45pm.
According to sources at the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, arrived Abuja airport at about 3pm local time.
El-Zakzaky reportedly arrived the airport on a wheel chair and was accompanied by four men from the Department of State Services (DSS) and two women.
The source told journalists that the IMN leader came by Kaduna -Abuja train through (Idu station to Airport station) into the international wing of the airport under tight security.
Details later:
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