Nigerians Condemn FG Over N3.5m El-Zakzaky Monthly Feeding …UK Seeks Respect For Rule Of Law

Nigerians have called on the Federal Government to release the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El Zakzaky, so as to put a stop to the sum of N3.5 million allegedly being used to feed him monthly.
This call came in reaction to a video, showing Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, alleging that the Federal Government spends N3.5 million on feeding El Zakzaky every month.
The video which was shared last Wednesday has been trending on Twitter, with Twitter users sharing their opinion about the claim of the minister.
“It costs the Nigeria in government N3.5m/month to feed ElZakzaky.” – Lai Mohammed.
3.5million × 12 months = N42m
He was arrested in 2015, let’s say they’ve been feeding him for three years.
3.5m × 36 months: N126m.
Instead of obeying court orders, Nigerian government is wasting money to keep him, very smart.
“It makes no sense to continue incurring that cost instead of respecting the order given by Justice Gabriel Kolawole and releasing the man.” pic.twitter.com/tewlHnHDaE
— Igala_King (@I_Am_Ilemona) November 8, 2018
“So, I saw Lai Mohammed during an interview saying @MBuhari spends 3.5 million in feeding El-zakzaky monthly.
Please are they feeding the man with gold rice and diamond beef? They re keeping him in custody as their leakage for siphoning funds.”
Buhari’s government and daylight robbery pic.twitter.com/hya6VoH3lu
— Zain Ameen (@zinadabo1)
“It costs the Nigerian government N3.5million per month to feed ElZakzaky” ~ Lai Mohammed pic.twitter.com/7sS9l4ZV5O
— V|#BringBackOurGirls (@TheVicmoss)
Lai Mohammed says they spend N3.5million to feed El Zakzaky. If you are not going to release him as court ordered because he is a threat to security why feed him with N3.5M monthly when there are citizens who are no threat to security that are dying of Hunger?
Meanwhile, outgoing British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Paul Arkwright, yesterday insisted that both the Shi’ite and security agencies must respect the rule of law in the country. Arkwright stated this during his last media engagement with journalists in Abuja to wrap up the visit of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall.
Responding to a question on the Shi’ite, security forces clashes, Arkwright said he does not advise the Nigerian government. Arkwright however said he has his views and he had made them known. “I don’t give advice to the Nigerian government.
What I said on the question of the IMN in the past, and I am happy to repeat it, is that just as the IMN must obey the rule of law by peaceful demonstration and right to demonstrate peacefully, peacefully is the key word there.
“So, of course, it is important for the security forces in Nigeria also to respect the rule of law,” Arkwright said. On the recent clashes between the Shi’ite and security forces in Abuja,
Arkwright said it was very unfortunate that it happened. He added that since the government has said it is investigating the incidence, he was not going to rush to judgement about how to apportion blame on one side or the other.
“But clearly, these were serious incidence and I do hope that the independent report that concerns the government analysis of that results to recommendations which the government will follow up.
But until that report is out, it is very difficult for me to comment on it,” Arkwright added. Recalling his three years tour of duty in Nigeria, Arkwright said his main challenge was how to understand what was going on in the country.
Arkwright said he visited 30 out of the 36 states in the country, saying that his main impression is about the diversity of the country, the culture, experience and the wonderful people he met all over Nigeria, regardless of where the came from.
On the business side of the royal visit of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, the High Commissioner said Prince Charles was more interested in sustainable investment in Nigeria.
He recalled the recent visit of the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, which he said, was a ministerial visit to talk about business opportunities in the country.