Security have beefed up at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja ahead of the arrival of the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria(IMN) Ibraheem El-Zakyzaky and his wife, Zeenat.

There are a couple of security operatives, dressed in mufti and stationed in strategic locations at the airport to forestall any breakdown of law and order by Shiite members.

The IMN leader is expected to land in the country by 12noon.