The Kaduna State Government on
Tuesday arraigned the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) Ibrahim
El-zakzaky before a state high court.
The IMN leader and his wife are
being arraigned on eight counts of alleged culpable homicide, unlawful
assembly, disturbance of public peace, among other allegations.
They were brought to the court
from Abuja, the nation’s capital in two black SUVs amidst tight security.
At the commencement of the
hearing, the defence counsel, Maxwell Kyon, made an oral application for the
couple on grounds that they had been in detention for over two years without
trial.
Justice Kurada, however, refused
the oral application made by Mr Kyon and told him to rather file a written
application which will be heard before or on the next adjourned date.
Consequently, he adjourned the
case till June 21, 2018.
El-zakzaky and his wife have been
held in prison without trial since his arrest by the Nigerian government in
December 2015.
While his followers regularly
take to the streets to protest his prolonged detention, Tuesday’s arraignment
sparked a fresh protest as the members blocked the popular Ahmadu Bello way and
other major roads in the state capital to demand his release.
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Blocking the federal,state or local roads to denied people passing through is an offence and security agency's should arrest them for prosecution.
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