Court orders full medical care for El-Zakzaky, wife

A High Court in Kaduna, on Monday ordered the Correctional Center, to allow leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zinat full access to medical services before taking their plea on April 23.

The court presided by Justice Gideon Kurada, gave the order, after the Controller of the Correctional Centre, Kaduna, appeared before the Court at 12:00 noon on Monday as ordered.

Kurada had earlier, ordered the Controller to appear to explain why he refused to allow physicians to the two defendants access to them in the facility as directed by the court on Feb 6.

Justice Kurada, the trial judge, at the resumed hearing of the case on Feb. 6, adjourned the case to Feb. 24 and Feb. 25 for the defendants to appear in court and take their plea.

Femi Falana, SAN, had on Feb 6 said the defendants were not in court because “Zinat, the second defendant and wife of El-Zakzaky was ill, therefore my clients were not in court.”

The IMN leader and his wife Zinat are standing trial on allegations of culpable homicide, unlawful assembly and disruption of public peace, among other charges. // <\/s'+'cript>'); // --> //]]> From ICE