The Islamic movement under the leadership of Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky has strongly condemned the Federal Government’s decision to sign a cooperation pact with Israel, describing it as “unacceptable” and “treacherous.”
In a scathing press release, the movement denounced Israel as an “illegitimate state” and a “regime drowning in the blood of innocent Palestinians.”
The release signed by Sidi Munir Sokoto, on behalf of the Islamic movement, stated, “Israel is not a democracy, not a legitimate state, not a partner for peace — it is a terrorist entity built on blood, occupation, and global deception.”
The movement criticized Deputy Foreign Minister Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu for signing the security and economic pact with Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel-Harpaz, saying it had “dragged Nigeria into a filthy alliance with war criminals.”
The Islamic movement showed it dismay on the contradicting stances of the federal government with regards to the Israeli genocide in Gaza, quoting Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, who had previously condemned Israel’s actions in Gaza, saying, “There is no justification for the carnage that is going on in Gaza… the complete disregard for the proportionality of force that is being meted out on innocent civilians.”
Vice President Kashim Shettima was also quoted, stating, “Justice is antithetical to revenge. Freedom is an inalienable right and a natural entitlement that cannot be denied to any people. The Palestinian people deserve their independence.”
The movement asked, “How then does the same government turn around and sign deals with those carrying out the very crimes they condemned?” Sidi Munir Sokoto added that the Nigerian government has sold its dignity, disgraced the Nigerian people and betrayed the Palestinians with its alliance with Israel.
The Islamic movement called on Nigerians to denounce what it described as “alliance with killers,” adding that, “The Islamic movement will never accept Israeli presence in Nigeria in any form. We will never normalise genocide. And we will never be silent.”
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