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| Nigeria court rules Sheikh Zakzaky must be released 'immediately' |
| 2016-12-03 |
[Iran Press TV] A Nigerian court has ruled that Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the incarceratedYou have the right to remain silent... leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), should be released unconditionally. The Abuja division of the Federal High Court of Nigeria on Friday also ruled that Zakzaky's wife, Zeenat, should be released. Justice Gabriel Kolawole said the court had come to the conclusion that the Shia holy man and his wife "have been kept against their desires, thereby resulting in the breach of their rights to liberty." The judge also stated that he had ordered the "immediate release" of the two "because the family house in Zaria was destroyed between December 12 and December 14, 2015." The prominent holy man and his wife were taken into custody on December 14, 2115, after deadly festivities between the supporters of the IMN movement and Nigerian troops. Nearly 350 members of the Shia movement were killed in the festivities. The sheikh was brutally injured and his house was reportedly destroyed by the army in the incident. |
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