‘There Is A Plot To Kill All Southerners In The North’ – Islamic Movement Of Nigeria Warned

Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) have warned the Southern Muslims and Christians that there is a plot to kill them and that the planned killing will displace them.

In a statement signed by the groups Media Forum President, Ibrahim Musa, said that plans have been concluded to disrupt its annual "Arbaeen trek.”

In the statement, claims were made that some of the group members have been marked for assassination during the course of its annual ritual event.

The statement reads, “It has come to our notice that security agents have perfected plans to cause mayhem during our annual symbolic Arbaeen trek, commemorating a similar trek the Umayyad ruler Yazid subjected family members of Prophet Muhammad (AS) to, from Karbala to Damascus in the year 680AD.

“This trek is a religious duty, which the faithful embark on, as a mark of answering of the call to help of Imam Hussein (AS) on the plains of Karbala, which many quotations of our Prophet (S) enticed faithfuls to answer, even if it were to be by crawling. It is purely symbolic and is done by millions of faithfuls worldwide.

“Lastly, we still demand for the unconditional release of our incarcerated leader, Sheikh Zakzaky and all those in detention since the December 2015 Zaria massacre by the Army.”