JUST IN: EL-ZAKZAKI, WIFE GRANTED PERMISSION TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION IN INDIA

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Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife Zeenat, has been granted permission by the Kaduna State High Court to seek medical attention in India.

The presiding judge, Justice Darius Khobo in his ruling on Monday ordered the couple be escorted to India by officials of the Kaduna State government, for treatment.

However, no date has been fixed for the defendants to embark on the medical trip and no time frame has been as to how long they will stay in India.

Reacting to the ruling, counsel to the Kaduna State government, Dari Bayero, said the prosecution team would go back and study the judgement to see if there were grounds for appeal.

Counsel to the El-Zakzakys, Mr Femi Falena, however, clarified the ruling of the court.

According to him, the judgement is just to grant the IMN leader and his wife leave to seek medical attention abroad and not an outright bail

The trial of El-Zakzaky and his wife is expected to resume as soon as they return from their medical treatment.

Mr Falana, a human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, filed the application on behalf of his clients on July 18.