A Kaduna State High Court, on Wednesday, freed the leader of
the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife.
In an eight-hour ruling, Justice Gideon Kurada upheld the
no-case submission filed by El-Zakzaky and his wife.
The Kaduna State Government had levelled an alleged culpable
homicide, unlawful assembly and disruption of public peace against them.
The judge in his ruling held that the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case against the defendants.
El-Zakzaky and his wife Zeenat have been standing trial for
four years on an eight-count charge.
The defendants arrived in court this morning by officials of
the Nigerian Correctional service amid tight security.
Their lead counsel and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi
Falana, had on July 1, argued that all the 15 witnesses presented by the
prosecution counsel were unable to establish any connection between the alleged
crimes and Sheikh El-Zakzaky and his wife.
Falana then prayed the court to rule in favour of his
clients and dismiss the charges levelled against them as there was no criminal
case that has been established against them so far by the Kaduna State
Government.
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