The Department of State Services, DSS has promised to comply with an order of a court which granted permission to IBRAHIM EL-ZAKZAKY, the detained leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria IMN to proceed to India for medical treatment.

The agency expressed its commitment to facilitate EL-ZAKZAKY’s release for his medical check-up in a statement issued by PETER AFUNAYA, the DSS spokesperson.

The Kaduna State High Court on Monday approved the request of the IMN leader, who has been in custody since 2015, to undergo a medical check-up in India.

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has commended Nigerians who deliberately ignored calls on social media to join a phantom revolution but instead went about their businesses.

The President disclosed this in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, GARBA SHEHU, in Abuja.

SHEHU stated that the president was humbled by the support, not for himself, or the governing party – but for the democratic values of modern-day Nigeria.

Some gunmen have killed the zonal Vice Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), SAIDU KOLAKU in Adamawa state. 

KOLAKU was shot dead in his residence at Sabon Pegi, Mayo Belwa Local Government Area of the state. 

State police spokesman, SULAIMAN NGUROJE, who confirmed the incident, said the victim died in the hospital.

The Kaduna State Police Command said the ban on protests, processions and demonstrations in the state is still in force.

The Command’s Public Relation Officer, YAKUBU SABO, said in a press statement issued in Kaduna that the police will deal decisively with violators of the ban.

The statement is coming ahead of a High Court ruling on the application filed by the Shiite leader, IBRAHIM ELZAKZAKY, seeking for bail to travel to India for medical attention.