Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky donated food items to the Correspondent Chapel of NUJ, Kaduna.
Chapel”s secretary, Idibia Gabriel, Muktar Abdullahi represented Zakzaky.
We do donate not only to Muslim but Christians alike. We took this as a duty.
Detained leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky donated food items to the Correspondent Chapel of the Nigeria Union of journalists, NUJ, Kaduna.
He stated the food items got to members of the correspondent’s chapel so as to benefit from the Sallah festivities and cushion the effect Covid-19 lockdown.
While presenting the items to the chapel”s secretary, Idibia Gabriel, Muktar Abdullahi represented Zakzaky, stated the gesture was an annual ritual of the IMN.
According to him “we do donate not only to Muslim but Christians alike. We took this as a duty. It’s imperative to give out food items to people during Sallah and fasting period.”
“That is what Sheikh Zakzaky has been doing before his arrest some years back. Despite being in detention, he asked us to continue to do this”, he stated.
IMN, subsequently, appealed to government and the authorities involved to fast track the case of El- Zakzaky, including that he’s severely sick and needed medical attention.
While receiving the food items, the chapel’s secretary thanked El- Zakzaky for the recognition and wished him speedy recovery.
