El-Zakzaky And Wife Moved To Abuja

Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, Sheikh Ibrahim El-zakzaky has arrived Abuja.

He was moved from Kaduna with his wife Zeenat, where they had been in protective custody.

This is ahead of their trip to India for medical attention.

According to TVC News, their passports and other travel documents are now ready.

It was gathered that apart from security personnel who are to accompany the Sheikh, family members would also be on the trip.

The
latest development is believed to have followed federal government’s
intervention to douse tension over the Shi’a leader’s health.

It
would be recalled that Kaduna State Government had released conditions
that must be met before El-Zakzaky would be allowed to leave Nigeria.

Commissioner
for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, in a statement,
said though the state government will appeal the ruling of the Kaduna
High Court ruling allowing El-Zakzaky to travel, it will not seek a stay
of execution because it believes that people should have access to
treatment.

In reaction, legal luminary, Femi Falana criticised Kaduna government’s stringent conditions.

The
lawyer to the IMN leader, in a statement, said: “I thought that the
Kaduna State government had planned to appeal against the order of the
Honourable Darius Khobo granting leave to the El-Zakzakys to travel to
India for urgent medical treatment under the supervision of the
government.

“I hope that the plan to pursue an appeal in the case
has been shelved as the Court of Appeal has ruled that you cannot stay
the execution of orders of this nature. That remains the position of the
law as espoused in the case of Mowarin v Nigerian Army, which was
decided under a military dictatorship in the country.

“The
so-called agreement is totally alien to the penal code and the
administration of criminal justice law of Kaduna State. Hence, the
agreement is not brought under any substantive or adjectival law.

“My
colleagues in the Ministry of Justice are not unaware of the position
of the law that an agreement cannot vary or modify the order of a
competent court. It is unfortunate that some highly placed public
officers are so hell bent on abrogating the fundamental rights which
have been fought for and won by Nigerians, even under the British
colonial regime.

{Naijafinix.com}