“The court granted an order directing the Inspector-General of Police and the Medical Director of Asokoro District Hospital to release the corpse of Ja’afar Muhammad to his family for immediate burial in accordance with Islamic rites.
The Islamic Movement in Nigeria otherwise called Shi’ites has kicked against the continued seizure of the passports of their leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenah, two years after they were discharged and acquitted by a Kaduna State High Court. The movement also directed its members to resume protests across the country to demand the release of their passports seized by President Muhammadu Buhari-led government.
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