Free El-Zakzaky, we don't want Hezbolla forces to enter Nigeria — Fani Kayode warns Buhari

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode 

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Minister of Aviation, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari against proscribing the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) from practicing their religion in the country.

He said that Nigeria is a secular state and nobody should be prevented from practicing his or her own religion of choice.

The former Minister warned that Nigeria has had enough crisis and shedding of innocent blood and would not want a replica of the Syrian war again.



In a post on his official Facebook page, on Monday, Kayode urged Buhari to free Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and leave the Shia alone.

He wrote, "You ban IMN and then you say that you are not banning the Shia Muslims from practising their faith?

"How would Buhari and the Sunni Muslims of Nigeria feel if JNI or SCIA were banned and labelled as terrorist organisations? What Buhari has done to IMN is petty, dangerous, shameful and unconstitutional.

"It is an attempt to stop the Shia from practising their faith and to demonise, terrorise, intimidate, scatter, outlaw and destroy them. Nigeria is a secular state and Buhari cannot stop ANYBODY from exercising his or her right to freedom of worship and association.



"He should stop this Salafist Saudi Arabian-sponsored nonsense at once before it is too late and before Hezbollah decides to join the fray and come to Nigeria.

"We do not want a replica of the Syrian war in our country! Buharii, free El Zak Zaky and leave the Shia Muslims alone!

"The Shia Muslims have strong, battlehardened, war-tested, well-armed, well-motivated, well-funded, highly professional, functional, active, experienced standing armies and militias in Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen and Syria and a strong military presence all over the Middle East.



"They are supported, backed and funded by Iran and they have warm relations with Qatar. By murdering, maiming, detaining, persecuting, tormenting, clamping down on and banning the 26 million strong Shia Muslims of Nigeria Buhari is dragging us into a Muslim sectarian conflict and an Arab versus Persian proxy war which may never end.

"This is what happens when an unrepentant Salafist and hard-line Islamist Wahabbi jihadist that is in the pocket and under the control of Saudi Arabia sits on the throne.


"He sees every Shia, Sufi, Ahmadiyya, non-Fulani Muslim, non-Sunni Muslim and every Christian, every southerner, every Middle Belter and every northerner that is not a pure-blooded Fulani as a slave, a heretic, a sub-human and a dangerous enemy that must be
captured, conquered, subjugated, suppressed, deprived, denied, tormented, humiliated, discredited, maligned, broken, crushed and brought to his knees.

"Worse of all he has a pathological hatred and malevolent intentions for ALL those who dare to criticise or oppose him.