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The Kaduna State High Court, on Wednesday, discharged and acquitted the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, also known as Shi’ites, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, who had been standing trial since December 2015.

In the eight-hour judgment, Justice Gideon Kurada upheld the no case submission filled by the Shi’ite leader and his wife. Justice Kurada had adjourned ruling in the case till Wednesday after the prosecution and defence counsel addressed the court on the no case submission on March 31. The lead prosecution counsel, Mr Dari Bayero, had at the close of submission prayed the court to sentence the defendants.

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