Covid-19 :Court Grants Falana’s Request For El-Zakzaky’s Wife Release

A Kaduna State High Court has ordered the correctional service in the state to release the wife of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El–Zakzaky, Zeenat, so she can be treated for covid-19 at an isolation centre approved by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

Channels Television reports that Justice Gideon Kurada, who presided over the continued trial on Monday, okayed the release after taking arguments from Zakzaky’s counsel, Femi Falana SAN and the prosecution counsel.

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Falana told the judge that his client had the virus and that she needed adequate treatment at an approved facility.

He also presented a medical report as evidence.

The federal government is prosecuting the IMN leaders for charges bordering on unlawful assembly, among others.

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