Their lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), on Wednesday told SaharaReporters that the couple had left Kaduna for an unknown destination after spending five years in illegal detention.
The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, have left Kaduna State for an undisclosed location in the nation's capital city, Abuja.
This comes after El-Zakzaky and Zeenat regained freedom on Wednesday from Kaduna Correctional Centre following their acquittal and discharge by the Kaduna State High Court. A source on Thursday told SaharaReporters that both El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, have settled in an undisclosed location in Abuja.
"El-Zakzaky and his wife have left Kaduna and moved to an undisclosed location in Abuja after they were acquitted and discharged by the court," the source said. Justice Gideon Kurada of the Kaduna State High Court on Wednesday acquitted and discharged the Shiites leader and Zeenat, who had been standing trial in the court for the past four years.
In the judgment, Justice Kurada upheld the no-case submission filed by Zakzaky’s lawyer, Falana , saying the witnesses presented by the prosecution counsel had been unable to establish any connection between the charges and El-Zakzaky.
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