The Kaduna State High Court has granted the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife Zeenat, leave to seek medical attention abroad.

In his ruling on Monday, Justice Darius Khobo ordered that the IMN leader be accompanied abroad by officials of the Kaduna State government.

The presiding judge ruled that El-Zakzaky and his wife should proceed to India for medical treatment.
He, however, did not give any time frame as to how long they will stay in India.

No date has been fixed for the defendants to embark on the medical trip.

Reacting to the ruling, counsel to the Kaduna State government, Dari Bayero, said the prosecution team would go back and study the judgement to see if there were grounds for appeal.
Counsel to the El-Zakzakys, Mr Femi Falena, however, clarified the ruling of the court.
According to him, the judgement is just to grant the IMN leader and his wife leave to seek medical attention abroad and not an outright bail
The trial of El-Zakzaky and his wife is expected to resume as soon as they return from their medical treatment.

Mr Falana, a human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, filed the application on behalf of his clients on July 18.
At an earlier hearing on Monday last week, the senior lawyer told Justice Khobo that his clients were not in court due to their bad health condition.

He said the health condition of his clients was getting worse by the day, adding that only a foreign medical treatment was required to stabilise them to enable them face the main trial.
But Mr Bayero opposed the application, saying El-Zakzaky’s medical condition could be treated in the country.

He informed the court that there was no need to release the Shiites’ leader on bail to travel abroad.

El-Zakzaky and his wife are facing an eight-count of culpable homicide, unlawful assembly, disturbance of public peace.

The charges were filed against them by the Kaduna State Government and the duo were first arraigned in May 2018.

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Posted: at 5-08-2019 11:59 AM (4 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Court has grant him bail before, if the rule of law was properly followed some innocent people will still be alive today.

Posted: at 5-08-2019 12:22 PM (4 years ago) | Newbie

This is good

Posted: at 5-08-2019 12:44 PM (4 years ago) | Hero

 

Posted: at 5-08-2019 12:50 PM (4 years ago) | Hero

Funny County and Funny  jurisdictional system,may God help us

Posted: at 5-08-2019 02:26 PM (4 years ago) | Gistmaniac

So no hospital in Nigeria?

Posted: at 5-08-2019 02:56 PM (4 years ago) | Upcoming

Criminals idiot fellows

Posted: at 5-08-2019 03:19 PM (4 years ago) | Gistmaniac

So no hospital in Nigeria?

  so now u know there is hospital in nigeria, when buhari is travelling to UK for treatment you did not know if no hospitals in nigeria, I think u are an apc so u will surely support any wrong thing.

Posted: at 5-08-2019 03:53 PM (4 years ago) | Gistmaniac

can u imagine now that his health has deteriorated so bad

Posted: at 5-08-2019 06:31 PM (4 years ago) | Addicted Hero

How sure are we that buhari and apc will honour this judgement. This is not the first time naa. This country is very very sick.

Posted: at 5-08-2019 06:45 PM (4 years ago) | Upcoming

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