El-Zakzaky: Prosecution closes case, asks court to jail Shiites leader 1
Crime & Investigation

El-Zakzaky: Prosecution closes case, asks court to jail Shiites leader

Mr Dari Bayero, lead counsel in the “secret trial” of Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife Zeenat, on Wednesday prayed the Kaduna High Court to sentence the defendants. Bayero told reporters shortly after Justice Gideon Kurada, adjourned the case until May 25, that he had asked the court to overrule the defence and sentence Zakzaky,

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Security beefed up in Kaduna as El-Zakzaky, wife “secret trial” resumes 2
Crime & Investigation

Security beefed up in Kaduna as El-Zakzaky, wife “secret trial” resumes

A Kaduna State High Court on Wednesday resumed the trial of the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El- Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenat. The Kaduna State Government charged El-Zakzaky and Zeenat with eight counts bordering on alleged culpable homicide, unlawful assembly and disruption of the public peace among other

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