Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky

El-Zakzaky Sues AGF, DSS Over Detention, Demands N2bn

October 18, 2021 2:15 am

The leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, has dragged the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Attorney-General of the Federation to court over his prolonged detention and the refusal of the government to release his passport.

In the fundamental human rights suit instituted at the Federal High Court, Abuja, by his lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), El-Zakzaky is seeking seven reliefs, including an ‘order mandating the respondents to pay over to the applicant the sum of N2bn as general and exemplary damages for the violation of the applicant’s rights to freedom of movement, fair …

Murder Charge: El-Zakzaky Pleads Not Guilty

September 29, 2020 4:47 pm

Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), on Tuesday, pleaded not guilty to the eight count charge of murder filed against him in a Kaduna High Court.

Justice Gideon Kurada took the plea of the IMN leader, detained since December 2015, at the resumed hearing of the motion in a no-case-submission filed by his lawyer on Aug. 7.

Justice Kurada had fixed today for ruling on the motion.

Counsel to El-Zakzaky, Abubakar Marshall, holding brief for Femi Falana, SAN, asked the court to quash the charge preferred against El-Zakzaky by the government for not “disclosing an …