COVID-19: Court orders release of El-Zakzaky’s wife
By Abolaji Adebayo
A High Court sitting in Kaduna has ordered the release of the wife of Shiekh Ibrahim Elzakzaky, the leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, Zeenat, for COVID-19 treatment.
The son of the IMN leader, Mohammed, had last Thursday said his mother, Zeenat, tested positive for COVID-19 at the Kaduna correctional centre, where he demanded for her release for treatment and authority refused.
The counsel to El-Zakzaky, Femi Falana, presented a medical report to back up his case for the release of Zeenat.
The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) asked the court to allow Zeenat seek medical treatment outside the correctional centre, according to measures put in place by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC.
In the ruling delivered on Monday, the court, however, asked that Zeenat be moved to a government isolation facility to begin treatment immediately.
The presiding judge, Gideon Kurada, granted the request after Chris Umar, the prosecuting counsel, concurred with Falana’s submission.
