PHOTOS: Kaduna Govt arraigns El-zakzaky, wife amid protests
El-zakzaky and his wife have been held in prison without trial since his arrest by the Nigerian government in December 2015 |
The IMN leader and his wife are being arraigned on eight counts of alleged culpable homicide, unlawful assembly, disturbance of public peace, among other allegations.
At the commencement of the hearing, the defence counsel, Maxwell Kyon, made an oral application for the couple on grounds that they had been in detention for over two years without trial.
Justice Kurada, however, refused the oral application made by Mr Kyon and told him to rather file a written application which will be heard before or on the next adjourned date.
Consequently, he adjourned the case till June 21, 2018.
El-zakzaky and his wife have been held in prison without trial since his arrest by the Nigerian government in December 2015.
His followers regularly take to the streets to protest his prolonged detention |
This follows a clash on Monday between the police and some members of the group also known as Shiites at the Federal Secretariat complex in Abuja.
The Shiite had stormed the area to protest the released of their leaders from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).
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