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2019-01-23 Africa Subsaharan

Nigerian Court Grants Jailed Shiite Leader Access to Doctors

[AnNahar] A Nigerian court has ordered the secret police to allow a detained pro-Iranian holy man to see his personal doctors as his health was worsening, his legal team said on Tuesday.

Ibrahim Zakzaky,

...former leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Nigeria, he converted to Shi'ism after a visit to Iran, and now is a fiery Iranian sockpuppet. He is also in our archives as Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky...

leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN),

...the visible expression of Iran's Khomeinist effort. Like the Muslim Brotherhood, spinoff groups are much more violent. One of the spinoffs from the IMN is currently known as Boko Haram...

has been held in Department of State Service (DSS) custody since December 2015.

He was placed in durance vile
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
as part of a military crackdown on IMN supporters in the northern city of Zaria, in which troops killed more than 300 and buried them in mass graves.

"We applied to the court today (Tuesday) for an order directing the DSS to give access to his personal doctors to enable them to treat him in jug," Maxwell Kyon told AFP by telephone from court in the northern city of Kaduna.

"The court granted the order and directed that the DSS should allow his personal doctors access to him."

Kyon, who said Zakzaky was present at Tuesday's hearing, said the ruling was necessitated by his ailing health.

"My client is not given any special medical attention," he added.

"Every time you see him his health condition appears worse. It is only when he receives special medical care that his health condition will improve."

During the hearing, charges against two IMN supporters were struck out after the prosecution failed to produce them in court, he added. The case was adjourned to March 25.

Zakzaky's supporters have repeatedly protested in Abuja and several northern cities against the continued detention of their leader.

In October, the IMN and human rights
When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much...
groups said more than 40 people were killed when the security forces opened fire on crowds on the outskirts of the capital.

The army maintained six people died and that soldiers acted in self-defense.

Zakzaky and the IMN have been at loggerheads with the government for years because of his call for an Iranian-style Islamic revolution in Nigeria.

Northern Nigeria is predominantly Sunni Moslem.

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#1 "My client is not given any special medical attention," he added.
"Every time you see him his health condition appears worse. It is only when he receives special medical care that his health condition will improve."

Exactly

Posted by Frank G 2019-01-23 10:42|| 2019-01-23 10:42|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm sure Boko Haram has some medical folks that could help him.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2019-01-23 11:53|| 2019-01-23 11:53|| Front Page Top