Here we prepared for you top facts about El-Zakzaky, his family, education career, religious belief and becoming a "talk of the town" in Nigeria political scene today.

1. Ibrahim Yaqoub popularly known as El-Zakzaky was born May 5, 1953, in Zaria, Kaduna State.

2. El-Zakzaky attended the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria (1976-1979) where he earned a first-class bachelor's degree in Economics.

3. El-Zakzaky who is an outspoken and foremost Shi'a Muslim cleric in Nigeria, was active in student Islamic unionism, where he became the secretary-general of the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN) at the Main Campus of Ahmadu Bello University (1977/78), and later became Vice President (International Affairs) of the National Body of the MSSN in 1979.

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