DSS arrests Editor-in-Chief of Almizan newspaper at Kano Airport
From Noah Ebije, Kaduna
The Editor-in-chief of Almizan newspaper, a weekly news
magazine published in Hausa language, Malam Ibrahim Musa has been arrested by
the Department of State Service (DSS).
Musa was said to have been picked by the DSS, at the Aminu
Kano International Airport early morning on Wednesday while on his way to Saudi
Arabia for the lesser Hajj (Umrah).
In a press statement by the family friend of the Editor -in-
Chief, Abdullahi Usman called for the immediate release of Musa
The statement said no reason has been provided by the
authorities for his arrest even as he is known for his role in the call for the
release of Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky who was arrested by government in 2015 in
Zaria, Kaduna State.
According to the statement, “This is announcing the arrest
of the Editor-in-chief of Almizan newspaper, a weekly news magazine, published
in Hausa, Malam Ibrahim Musa, by the Department of State Service (DSS).
“Ibrahim Musa, who was with a family member Binta Sulaiman,
was abducted by the Nigeria’s secret police, DSS, at the Aminu Kano
International Airport early morning on Wednesday while on his way to Saudi
Arabia for the lesser Hajj (Umrah).
“Meanwhile, no reasons have been provided by the authorities
for his arrest even as he is known for his role in the call for the release of
Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky (H), who was arrested at the wake of a clampdown and
extrajudicial killing of about 1000 of his followers by the Nigerian government
in 2015 in Zaria, Kaduna state.
“He was part of the campaign that got the Federal High Court
judgement ordering the release and compensation of Sheikh Zakzaky, the leader
of Islamic Movement in Nigeria, for which it is believed the security agents
who lost in the case are displeased.
“Human rights organizations, especially the Amnesty
International (AI), had pressured the immediate past Governor of Kaduna state,
Malam Nasiru Elrufai to publicly announce that his government had buried about
350 people killed in the extrajudicial killing in a mass grave at Mando village
in Kaduna.
“Ibrahim Musa is known to have been active in speaking
against the acts of state terrorism, extrajudicial killings and marginalization
of a minority group of Muslims by the Nigerian Government under president
Muhammadu Buhari.
“He placed his life on the line to ensure justice is done
and thousands of those arrested following the state managed mass murder were
released by the government using available judicial means.
“We wish to call for the immediate release and safety of
Malam Ibrahim Musa whose only crime is standing against genocide and disregard
to law and order perpetrated by those in power under the Buhari regime.
“We also wish to draw the attention of the authorities and
other stakeholders to the dangers behind extending the murder activities in
which innocent men, women and children were extrajudicially killed by the
immediate past regime, to the current regime of President Bola Ahmad Tinubu.
“We want to believe that the current government of President
Bola Tinubu would not want to identify itself with the abuse of democratic
tenets, human rights abuse and intimidation through genocide perpetrated by the
immediate past regime.
“Hence, we reiterate the call for his immediate and
unconditional release”
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