El-Zakzaky Followers Continue Protest In Abuja
Followers of the detained leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, have continued to mount pressure on the Federal Government for his immediate and unconditional release. The protest started about a a week ago, when the first one was at the National Assembly, Abuja.
El-Zakzaky has been in detention with his wife since December 2015. He was last year granted bail but yet to be released.
It would be recall that Mr Zakzaky and his wife were arrested on December 14, 2015, following a clash between members of his group and the Nigerian Army in Zaria, Kaduna State.
After months in detention without being charged to court, Mr El-Zakzaky approached the court to demand the release of himself and his wife.
An Abuja High Court presided over by Justice Gabriel Kolawole on December 2 last year said their detention was unlawful and illegal, since protective custody, which was cited as the excuse by the State Security Services, SSS, for their detention, was unknown to the law or the National Security Agencies Act establishing the SSS.
The court ordered the Nigerian government to release the detainees within 45 days of the judgement and to pay each of them N50 million as compensation.
The court further ordered the police to within 24 hours provide them escorts to a safe place.
