El-Zakzaky Arrives India For Treatment …As Indian Shi’a Group Foots His Medical Bill

Shi’ites leader in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky has arrived New Delhi, Indian capital, for medical treatment.
He was received by a medical team who conveyed him on a wheelchair to the hospital.
El-Zakzaky and his wife travelled out of Nigeria on Monday at about 6:30pm Nigerian time.
The duo moved from Kaduna to Abuja on Sunday, and had been in government detention since 2016.
It would be recalled that the Kaduna State Government had released conditions that must be met before El-Zakzaky was allowed to leave Nigeria.
Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, in a statement, said though the state government will appeal the ruling of the Kaduna High Court allowing El-Zakzaky to travel, it will not seek a stay of execution because it believes that people should have access to treatment.
In his reaction, legal luminary, Femi Falana SAN, criticised the Kaduna government’s stringent conditions.
Meanwhile, an Indian-based Muslim group, Anjuman e-Haideri, has said it will bear all medical costs incurred by the leader of the proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Shiekh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky.
Sheikh El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenah, were on Monday flown out on medical leave to India where they are expected to undergo treatment for multiple health conditions.
They were received by medical doctors and wheeled into Medanta Hospital, New Delhi upon arrival yesterday morning.
However, Anjuman e-Haideri Islamic group, in a letter signed by its General Secretary, Mr. Bahadur Naqvi, and addressed to the Managing Director and Chief Surgeon of Medanta Hospital, Dr. Naresh Trehan, offered to foot all the medical costs incurred by the El-Zakzakys in India.
A copy of the letter dated 12th August, 2019 and obtained by The Tide reads: “Maulana Ibrahim Al-Zakzaky, who is a prominent Shi’a Muslim leader having a large following worldwide will be treated in your hospital.
“The Executive Committee of Anjuman e-Haideri, Jorbagh, New Delhi, by the direction of our Chief Patron, Maulana Kalbe Jawad Naqvi, has decided unanimously to bear all the medical costs incurred in India for his treatment. Kindly consider our request, do the needful and oblige.”
Sheikh El-Zakzaky, who is over 66 years old, suffers from Ischaemic heart disease, chronic hypertension, right eye severe visual impairment with progressive open glaucoma, mental toxicity, lead poisoning among other illnesses.