The Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday confirmed that it had received the order granting Ibrahim El-Zakaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), leave to travel to India for medical treatment. The nation's secret Police expressed readiness to release the Islamic leader in compliance with the court order.

Following its support of the #RevolutionNow Protest across major streets in Nigeria, Civil Society Organizations (CSO) under the aegis of the Concerned Citizens’ on Monday, 5th August 2019 appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to expel Amnesty International from Nigeria. The group made the call at a conference held at the Organizations headquarters in Abuja.

In a shocking revelation, Sheikh Muhammad Yakubu, the elder brother to MallamIbraheemYakubu El-Zakzaky, the leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), a shootout of the popular heretic Islamic group called Shi’ite, has reacted to the recent proscription of IMN asserting that the proscription of IMN by the Federal Government was long overdue.