COVID-19: Court reverses order releasing El-Zakzaky’s wife for treatment
Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna
The Kaduna State High Court has vacated its order directing the Nigeria Correctional Service to release Zeenat, the wife of the embattled Shi’ite leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, for coronavirus treatment.
The trial judge, Justice Gideon Kurada had ordered the authorities to immediately treat her for coronavirus.
Members of the IMN had last week renewed calls for the release of El-Zakzaky and his wife, claiming that Zeenat had tested positive for COVID-19 inside the Kaduna Correctional facility where they were being detained since 2015.
Justice Kurada had given the order during the secret trial of the Shi’ite leader and the wife, following confirmation by both the Prosecution and the Defence counsels, Christ Umar and Femi Falana(SAN) that Zeenat tested positive for coronavirus.
Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna
The trial of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria otherwise known as ‘Shi’ites,’ Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, and wife, Zeenat, began at the Kaduna State High Court on Monday.
At the resumed hearing, the leader of the Shi’ite and wife were absent.
But the court ordered that the authorities to as a matter of urgency treat the wife of the embattled leader of the IMN for Covid-19.
Members of the IMN, had last week, renewed calls for the release of El-Zakzaky and his wife, claiming that Elzakzaky’s wife had tested positive for COVID-19 inside the Kaduna Correctional facility where they are being detained since 2015.