Nigerians will prefer Islamic rule — IMN leader, El-Zakzaky

The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, has said he is confident that if given a choice, most Nigerians will choose the Islamic system of government over the neocolonial system of government.

The Islamic scholar, who is the leader of Shiites in Nigeria, disclosed this while responding to questions in an exclusive live programme with the Iranian Press TV monitored in Kano on Wednesday evening.

It is his first interview with the media since he regained freedom on July 28, 2021. He had been arrested and detained since December 2015.

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Zakzaky explained that the Movement is seeking an Islamic government system to replace what he described as a neocolonial system, which he said is currently being practised in the country today.

“I believe that if there will be a plebiscite in this country and people will be asked ‘which system would you like?’ Is it the status quo, which is inherited from the British colonialists or the Islamic system? I’m sure that the majority will choose the Islamic system. It will be the government of the people after all.”