Six Years After, Court Acquits, Discharges El-Zakzaky, Wife
A High Court of Kaduna State on Wednesday discharged and acquitted the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) popularly known as Shi’ites, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat.
El-Zakzaky and his wife have been standing trial over allegations of culpable homicide, unlawful assembly, among other criminal charges since December 2015, following a clash between his followers and the convoy of the former Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General Tukur Yusuf Buratai in Zaria, Kaduna State.
The court presided over by Justice Gideon Kurada had fixed July 28 for ruling in the no-case submission filed by Zakzaky after the prosecution and Counsel to the defendants addressed the court on the no-case submission before the Court.
Briefing journalists after the secret trial, Counsel to Zakzaky, Mr Marshal Abubakar Esq, said the court upheld their no-case submission and agreed that the case lacks merit.
