Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife Zeenat have been set free.
Justice Gideon Kurada of the Kaduna State High Court, on Wednesday, discharged and acquitted them of culpable homicide, and unlawful assembly, among other criminal charges for which they have been standing trial since December 2018.
Thelagostimes recalls that the IMN (also known as Shi’ite) leader was arrested following a clash between his followers and the convoy of the immediate-past Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai in Zaria in December 2015.
The court had fixed Wednesday for ruling in the no-case submission filed by Sheikh El-Zakzaky.
Justice Kurada fixed the date after the prosecution and counsel to the defendants had addressed the court on the no-case submission prayer.
Reporters were not allowed into the courtroom, but the Shi’ite leader’s counsel, Marshal Abubakar, spoke after the judgment.
He said the court upheld their no-case submission and agreed that the case preferred against the Islamic cleric lacked merit.