Court orders El-Zakzaky transferred to Kaduna Prison

A Kaduna State High Court has ordered that leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, be moved to the Kaduna Correctional Centre.

The IMN leader who has been kept in a Department of State Services (DSS) facility in Kaduna since his return from India for medical attention is now to be moved to a Kaduna Prison.

The court gave the order yesterday, December 5th at the resumed sitting after counsel to the sheik, Femi Falana (SAN), who was represented by Barrister Haruna Magashi, raised an alarm that he has been denied access to his client since his return from India.

Counsel to the Kaduna State Government and Director of Public Prosecution, Barrister Dari  Bayero, insisted that the case should continue since a lawyer in Zakzaky’s legal team, Sadau Garba had contact with the client (El-Zakzaky) on Wednesday.

Counsel to the state government, however, did not object to the appeal to move Zakzaky to the Kaduna Correctional Centre.

Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court then granted the appeal and declared that Zakzaky be transferred to the Kaduna Correctional Centre and adjourned the case to February 6, 2020 for the continuation of trial.

Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, have been in detention over allegations of culpable homicide, unlawful assembly and disruption of public peace among other charges since December 2014.