JUST IN: Court Dismisses El-Zakzaky’s No-Case Submission, orders continuation of his trial
A Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna, on Tuesday, dismissed the motion of no-case-submission filed by the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zazaky and his wife, Zeenat.
The couple is standing trial on eight counts of culpable homicide, unlawful assembly and disruption of the public peace, among other allegations.
The IMN leader, who was brought to court, on Tuesday morning amid tight security, had asked the court to quash the Kaduna State Government’s case against them for lack of evidence.
During the last sitting on August 7, Presiding Judge, Justice Gideon Kurada, had fixed today (Tuesday) for ruling on the no-case submission, after counsel to the Defendants, Abubakar Marshall, holding the briefs for the Lead counsel, Femi Falana, had asked the court to quash the charges preferred against the IMN leader by the government for not “disclosing an offence known to law contrary to Section 36 (8) and (12) of the 1999 constitution as amended”.
The Prosecution Counsel, Dari Bayero, also adopted his final arguments in the matter.
Following the dismissal of the no-case submission, the court also ordered the continuation of the trial.
El-Zakzaky and his wife were arrested and detained since December 2015 following a bloody clash between IMN members and the Nigerian Army in Zaria, Kaduna State.
