Islamic Movement denies video against Supreme council

Islamic Movement has denied having any link with a purported video clip ridiculing the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and it distinguished members.

President, Media Forum of The Islamic Movement, Ibrahim Musa, is a statement to The Guardian said the video clip was authored by unknown persons, whop does not have any link with the movement.

The video has gone viral in the social media, wherein aspersions were cast on the person of Professor Dahiru Yahya on his recent visit to Sheikh Ibraheem Yaqoub Zakzaky where he is being held incommunicado together with his wife since the military’s attack on his residence last month.

According to him, various Islamic scholars with different shades of opinion about Islam were also quoted out of context on the massacre that happened in Zaria.

“On viewing the video clip, even those not conversant with the workings of the Islamic movement, will begin to doubt if it really emanated from us, as the narrator in Hausa was trying to portray. We hereby categorically make it clear that the Islamic movement has no hand in the making and distribution of the said video clip.

“We on the other hand completely align ourselves with the laudable efforts of the Nigerian Supreme council for Islamic affairs in dealing with the issue. We laud its courageous stand as the umbrella of all Muslims, devoid of sectarian sentiments whatsoever. We support its efforts in seeing to the peaceful resolution of this unfortunate and avoidable attack on unarmed Muslims in Zaria by the Nigerian military,” he said.