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Nigerian court acquits Shia leader, orders his release

Nigerian court acquits Shia leader, orders his release July 28, 2021 at 3:53 pm LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) A Nigerian court has ordered the release of the leader of the country’s main Shia group, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenah Ibrahim, who have both been in prison for more than five years. A High Court in the northern city of Kaduna on Wednesday dismissed charges brought against them which include culpable homicide, unlawful assembly and disruption of public peace. Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, has been in prison without trial since 2015 after soldiers clashed with members of his group at their headquarters in the northern city of Zaria. Zakzaky and his wife sustained bullet wounds in the incident.

IMN to FG: Respect court judgement and release El-Zakzaky, wife

IMN to FG: Respect court judgement and release El-Zakzaky, wife July 28 Advertisement El-Zakzaky and Zeenat were freed on Wednesday after Gideon Kurada, the presiding judge, ruled on a no-case submission filed by Femi Falana, their lawyer. The judge held that the Kaduna state government failed to establish a prima facie case against the defendants. El-Zakzaky and his wife were arraigned on an eight-count charge bordering on alleged culpable homicide, unlawful assembly, disruption of public peace, among others. Advertisement The defendants had pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against them. The duo had been in detention since December 2015 following clashes between IMN members and soldiers in Zaria, Kaduna state.

Nigerian court acquits Shia leader el-Zakzaky of all charges

A Nigerian court has acquitted the leader of a banned Shia group Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) of all eight criminal charges against him, defence and prosecution lawyers said. Ibrahim el-Zakzaky had been in detention since 2015 when he was arrested after a clash in which the army killed an estimated 350 people at an IMN compound and a nearby mosque and burial ground in northern Kaduna state. El-Zakzaky and his wife, who was also arrested in 2015, had been facing a range of charges filed by the state government in 2018, including aiding and abetting homicide, unlawful assembly and disruption of public peace.

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