Following a series of events trailing the controversial Zaria massacre in December 2015, the Nigerian army has granted members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) access to interact with their embattled leader Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky.

MEHR news agency reports that a member of
the movement, Professor Dahiru Yahya, visited
the sheikh on Saturday, January 16. According
to the reports, Zakzaky is being held in a
house in the capital Abuja along with his wife.
Professor Yahya confirmed that the reports
that both have been shot were true. Sheikh
Zakzaky is reportedly suffering from four
gunshot wounds while his wife has two. The
pair are said to have received medical
attention abroad.
In a statement issued today the Islamic
Movement also pledged to continue its non-
violent campaign to secure the release of
Sheikh Zakzaky and other detainees. It called
on the Nigerian government to release all the
corpses of those it had reportedly killed in the
controversial attack, as to allow the families of
the deceased to arrange for a proper burial.
Meanwhile, the Shiites have submitted its
memorandum to the National Human
Rights Commission (NHRC) concerning
the alleged pogrom by the Nigerian army on
December 12-14, 2015.
The group said their submissions were done
both individually and collectively, with
signatories being mainly victims of the
merciless clampdown on the Movement as
well as eye witnesses and relatives of the
victims.