Justice Gideon Kurada of the Kaduna High Court on Wednesday 18th, 2020, adjourned until Junuary, 25th and 26th, 2021, the trial of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife, the the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria.
A statement from the President, media forum, Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, Ibrahim Musa stated that the new date was fixed following the admission of 6 witnesses tendered by the prosecution counsel led by Mr Dari Bayero.
The statement detailed that the State presented 2 Army personnel who testified in secret before Justice Gideon Kurada of the Kaduna High Court on Wednesday, while a Director from the Department of State Security Services, DSS, was among the 4 witnesses that were admitted today.
The statement also included that others were residents of Gyallesu where the Sheikh lived before the army’s attack in December, 2015.
Mr Dari Bayero vowed to the court to bring the remaining witnesses including a GOC when the hearing resumes next year.
It could be recalled that the Kaduna State government charged Sheikh Zakzaky and Zeenah with 8 counts bordering on alleged culpable homicide, unlawful assembly and disruption of the public peace among other charges, to which they two of them pleaded not guilty on Sept. 29.
“The two months adjournment is, however, of great concern to members of the Islamic Movement considering the deteriorating health of the Sheikh and his wife,” IMN lamented.
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