El-Zakzaky: Court Fixes September 29 To Rule On Motion Seeking Dismissal Of Case

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A Kaduna High Court , on Friday, has fixed September 29, to rule on the motion of no-case-submission filed by Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN).

The IMN leader is seeking the court to quash the State government’s case against him for lack of evidence.

Justice Gideon Kurada fixed the date, after the defendant counsel, Barrister Abubakar Marshall, holding the briefs for Femi Falana, had asked the court to quash the charges preferred against El-Zakzaky by the government for not “disclosing an offence known to law contrary to Section 36 (8) and (12) of the 1999 constitution as amended”.court El-Zakzaky new

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The IMN leader, El-zakzaky along with his wife, Zinat are standing trial on allegations of culpable homicide, unlawful assembly and disruption of the public peace, among other charges.

The team of prosecution Counsel did not speak to the press at the end of the court session.

Marshall who spoke to reporters shortly after the adjournment said he prayed the court to dismiss the case for lack of evidence, devoid of any merit and could not stand before any court of law.

“We prayed the Court to dismiss the charges because they are devoid of any merit and will not stand before any court of law’’, he said.

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Marshall added that the third and fourth defendants in the case also charged with committing the offence had been discharged and acquitted by another Kaduna State High Court.

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'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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