A Kaduna state high Court has set aside August 5, 2019, to rule on the bail application filed by the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenat. El-Zakzaky’s lawyer Femi Falana filed the application on behalf of his clients on July 18, seeking permission to travel abroad for medical treatment. The bail application was opposed by prosecuting counsel Debris Bayero who argued that El-Zakzaky can be treated in Nigeria and insisted that there was no need for the court to grant his bail to travel abroad. Justice Darius Khobo however adjourned ruling on the bail application to August 5. El-Zakzaky and his wife have been detained by the Nigerian government since 2015. They are facing an eight-count charge of culpable homicide, unlawful assembly, disturbance of public peace.
