A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the
unconditional release of detained leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria,
Sheik Ibrahim El Zakyzaky, within 45 days from this Friday.
The court also awarded N25m damages each in favour of
Zakyzaky and his wife against the Federal Government.
Trial judge, Justice Gabriel Kolawole, in a judgement
delivered on the suit filed by Mr Femi Falana, SAN, for the enforcement of the
rights of Zakyzaky and his wife, declared the continued detention of the
Shiites leader as unconstitutional.
The Shiite leader had been in detention since December 2015.
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