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Few Days After His Release, Kaduna State Files Fresh Charges On El-Zakzaky
By Musa Ude, Asst News Editor
Just after a few days after a Kaduna High Court discharged and acquitted the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheik Ibraheem Yakubu El-Zakzaky and his wife Zeehah, the Kaduna State Government has filed fresh charges against him.
The state’s Director of Public Prosecution, Dari Bayero, said they were not in agreement with the reasoning and conclusion of the High Court, adding that the new charges would border on terrorism and treasonable felony.
While affirming that the Kaduna State Government would go further with the Zakzaky’s case, Dari emphasized that “we are going to appeal, there is no doubt about it, in fact, we have obtained the court judgment because we are not in agreement with my Lord’s reasoning and conclusion, it is not in consonance with the facts on the ground.”
According to him, some of the actions of the Shiite leader upon which he is being charged with fresh allegations predated 2015.
Meanwhile, a source told journalists that El-Zakzaky and his wife have since left for Abuja for medical treatment.
The only surviving son of Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, Mohammed Ibraheem Zakzaky, thanked Almighty Allah and others who stood by his family during the period his parents were kept in a Correctional facility.
“I along with our entire family wish to especially thank those men, women and children who stood firm in the face of injustice, risking life and limb to demand justice and freedom for them, both inside and outside this country. Of special note are the heroes who marched daily in Abuja non stop for 5 years, a monumental act of sacrifice seldom heard of and certainly unprecedented in the history of Nigeria.
“Last but certainly not least I wish to thank my parent’s, competent and loyal legal team that was ably led by Chief Femi Falana SAN, who despite all the malicious maneuvers to delay, manipulate and obstruct judicial due process, the legal team persevered and ultimately prevailed. We will be eternally grateful for your efforts,” he said.
