A Kaduna state high court is expected to on Thursday resume the trial of the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim Elzakzaky and his wife Zeenat.
Elzakzaky and
his wife are standing trial on an eight-count charge bordering on alleged
culpable homicide, unlawful assembly and disruption of the public peace, among
others.
During the
last sitting on May 25, the prosecuting counsel Dari Bayero finally rested his
case by presenting his last witness, thereby bringing the total number of
witnesses called by the prosecution to 15.
Among the
witnesses who testified against the IMN leader were two Army officers, a
retired director of State Security Service(SSS), police officers and a medical
doctor.
Counsel to
the defendants, Femi Falana had earlier filed a no case submission and asked
the court to dismiss the charges leveled against them as there was no criminal
case so far that had been established against the defendants by the Kaduna
State government .
However, the
prosecuting counsel prayed the court to overrule the no-case submission by the
defence counsel and to go on and convict the defendants as provided in the law.
During
today’s sitting, the defence counsel is expected to open his defence and also
present his own witnesses before the court.
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