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Of Contempt On El-Zakzaky Continuous Detention, Counsel Tells Court
A Federal
High Court, Kaduna, yesterday reserved judgment in the case of the December
2015 Zaria bloody clashes between the Islamic Movement in Nigeria
(IMN),
Shiites and the Nigerian Army for Wednesday, July 6, 2017.
Besides, the
applicant in the suit and leader of the Shiites, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky had
taken the Nigerian Army, Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Yusuf Buratai,
Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and the Kaduna State Government to the
Federal High Court in Kaduna over the alleged Killings.
The Federal
High Court in Abuja, presided over by Justice Gabriel Kolawole had earlier
delivered judgment on the infringement of the fundamental rights and unlawful
detention of El-Zakzaky and his wife, while he ordered their release within 45
days, provision of befitting accommodation and the payment of damages to the
tune of N50 million.
Guardian reported that when the
case came up for hearing in Kaduna yesterday, Justice Saleh Musa Shuaibu said:
“I have the written addresses of both the applicants and respondents in this
case before me and I have also gone through Kolawole’s judgment in Abuja, which
dealt with El-Zakzaky and his wife’s unlawful detention.
“I will
concern myself with the alleged destruction of the applicant’s houses and
property by the Army and the killings of his children, which were brought
before me. And all these have been covered by the written addresses, exhibits,
affidavits and annexure of counsels and which I have gone through.”
However, the
Counsel to the Applicant, Festus Okoye, while addressing the court, said that
despite the fact that Justice Kolawole ordered the release of Zakzaky and his
wife, the third respondent, Directorate of State Services (DSS) has remained
adamant to the judgment “thereby giving approval to what the first and second
respondents did.
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