Leader of the Nigerian Islamic Movement, El Zakzaky was flown out of Nigeria oversea for treatment of the gun shot injuries he sustained during his encounter with the Army in December 2015,multiple sources told Vanguard in Abuja Saturday.
It was disclose by security source that El Zakzaky sustained serious injuries,including serious damage to one of his eyes,many of his followers who were injured are also in Ahmadu Bello teaching Hospital receiving treatment.
Since the Clash with the Army,his whereabouts has been shrouded in secrecy until vanguard exclusively revealed that he was moved from Kaduna to a safe house in Abuja belonging to one of the security services.
Several security sources who are knowledgeable in the matter however revealed to Vanguard yesterday that due to the seriousness of the injuries the Shiite leader sustained, he was secretly flown to France by the Nigerian government some weeks ago for treatment before being returned to the country two weeks ago.
One of the sources said: “it is true that the federal government flew him out of the country for treatment. He was stabilized before he was brought back to Nigeria. The government did not want to take chances by keeping him in the country. We did not want a repeat of the incidence with the late leader of the Boko Haram movement whose death in custody exacerbated the crisis in the north east”.
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