A Kaduna State High Court has set aside August 5, 2019, to rule on the bail application filed by the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenat.
El-Zakzaky’s lawyer Femi Falana filed the application on behalf of his clients on July 18, seeking permission to travel abroad for medical treatment.
Falana said the Shiites leader’s health was getting worse by the day.
He stated that only a foreign medical treatment was required to stabilise the couple’s health condition.
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But the prosecuting counsel Debris Bayero opposed the bail application.
He argued that El-Zakzaky can be treated in Nigeria and insisted that there was no need for the court to grant his bail to travel abroad.
However, the presiding judge, Justice Darius Khobo adjourned the ruling on the application to August 5.
El-Zakzaky and his wife are facing an eight-count of culpable homicide, unlawful assembly, disturbance of public peace and have been detained since 2015.
Shiites have clashed with Nigeria’s security operatives multiple times during protests against El-Zakzaky’s continued detention