The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, has landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, from India, where his planned medical treatment was aborted.

He was however immediately taken into custody by the Department of State Services which whisked him away on arrival at the airport, Punch reports.

El-Zakzaky arrived via an Ethiopian airline around 12.05pm and was driven away by the security operatives shortly after.

The President, Media Forum of IMN, Ibrahim Musa, confirmed to Punch that El-Zakzaky was taken away by DSS operatives.

The sect leader who left for Medenta Hospital, New Delhi, India, for medical attention, alongside his wife, Zeenat, on Monday, was allegedly forced to abort his treatment following the alleged refusal of the hospital management to allow his preferred doctors to treat him.

The news platform reports that the religious leader in a video released on Thursday, said he was given the option of having his treatment at the hospital or returning to Nigeria, noting that he was still discussing with his wife when unnamed officials returned to tell him to prepare for home.