Suhaila Zakzaky, daughter of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, has insisted that the group would continue with protests until her father is released.
Spokesman of IMN, Ibrahim Musa, had on Wednesday said the group was temporarily suspending protests.
However, in a video posted on Facebook late Wednesday, Suhaila disowned the spokesman, saying that protests continue.
She said with a foreign accent: “Even as I speak right now, earlier today, there was a protest in Abuja and there will be tomorrow.
“And there will continue to be on every weekday. I just wanted to clarify because I saw news agencies stating that spokesperson of this movement released the statement.
“First of all, the Islamic movement has no such thing as a spokesman. And the person who wrote this article (is) the chairman of the media forum; the media forum, just like the numerous forums we have in the Islamic movement, is just a forum that is there for people within that field to have their own space and activities within the Islamic movement.
“This person has nothing to do with the people organising this protest that have been going on in Abuja and will continue to go on till El-Zakzaky is freed.”
The group has been protesting the continued detention of El-Zakzaky since 2015 despite a court order for his release.
