Meanwhile, Federal Government may have begun moves to negotiate with IMN in order to end the sect’s violent agitations for release of its leader, Mr Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenat.

However, the development had yet to be independently verified as of the time of filing this report.

A senior IMN member, Mr Abdulrahman Abubakar, who confirmed the development on Friday, said the movement was waiting for the government to set up a committee that would negotiate with Shi’ite members.

Abubakar, who is the coordinator, Free El-Zakzaky Campaign, explained that the representative of the European country handling the negotiations had met with El-Zakzaky in custody to hear from him.

Also, other sources said the Federal Government might have opened talks with IMN to stop their protests against continued detention of their leader.

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Sources at Nigerian Army Guards Brigade, Abuja, told our correspondent that FG was not happy with the protests, which turned violent.

At the office of National Security Adviser, a top source  told our correspondent that he was not aware of any  negotiation between FG and Shi’ites.

Mr Femi Falana, who has been defending El-Zakzaky in court since 2015 and obtained the Federal High Court’s December 2, 2019 judgment which ordered the clergy man’s release from custody, told one of our correspondents on Friday that he was not aware of the said talks between Shi’ites and Federal Government.

“I am not aware of such negotiation,” he said.

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