NIGERIA ,IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC TIES NOW UNDER THREAT

NIGERIA ,IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC TIES NOW UNDER THREAT

BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU..

PHOTO CREDIT!!!JAVAD ZARIF IS THE IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND TOP DIPLOMAT

PHOTO CREDIT:PRESS T.V

The diplomatic ties between The Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Islamic Republic of Iran may be heading for a collision course due to a recent pronouncement of a Nigerian high court Judge which stated that the Islamic Movement of Nigeria with ties with Teheran was a terrorist organization.

Checks by The Premier News tabloid Of Lagos,Nigeria shows that  just last month the Nigerian Embassy through one of its top officials the Charge D’affairs was summoned by its hosts and given  a tongue lash over the Shabby treatment meted out to top cleric :Sheikh Ibrahim El Zakzaky…

Multipe sources spoken to about 10 ,had 9  of them all supporting the Shiites resolve to fight for justice in the matter while the lone dissenting voice was neither here nor there as the Muhammadu Buhari regime was blatantly attacked  for coursing the Nigerian judiciary to do its bidding especially when the murderous Fulani Herdsmen had never being designated as a terror group despite the evil that they have done nationwide.

It’s not known by this medium the  level of trade balance between Nigeria and Iran but the latter is a more stable and more powerful economy in all forms and accounts than the African nation hence it will not be in the best interests of Abuja to bite them.

As things stands Iran has the upper hand more than any nation due to its military mights and proximity to the contentious Straits of Hormuz and this is the gateway of 90 percent of the global supply of peotroleum ,the main stay of Nigeria’s economy hence the latter will need to watch it before it is too late and an irreparable damage is done.

A stitch  in time saves nine..

In a related issue,about 198 legislators from The Iranian legislature were also believed to have issued out strong worded statements asking The Nigerian authorities in Abuja to thread very carefully on the contentious matter.

TEHRAN – A number of Iranian MPs issued a statement on Tuesday urging release of Nigerian Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky.

The statement was signed by 198 lawmakers.

Zakzaky is the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) and has been detained since December 2015 in a raid on his residence in which he lost his left eyesight.

The raid by security forces that left more than 300 of his followers and three of his sons dead. His wife also sustained serious wounds.

In 2016, Nigeria’s federal high court ordered Zakzaky’s unconditional release from jail following a trial, but the government has so far refused to set him free.

The Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), based in London, said earlier in July that the cleric’s health condition had further deteriorated, since he was reportedly poisoned in prison.

The cleric’s son, Mohammad, told Press TV on July 6 that his father was in dire need of medical treatment, as “large and dangerous quantities of lead and cadmium have been found in his blood.” He said that the authorities intended to murder his father since they refuse to take any measures.