Kaduna government vows to challenge acquittal of El-Zakzaky, wife

The Kaduna State Government says it will appeal the judgment of the state high court that discharged and acquitted the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, of all charges brought against him by the state government on Wednesday.

This is coming after the Kaduna State High Court discharged and acquitted the leader of IMN and his wife, Zeenat.

Recall that Telegraph had earlier reported that Justice Gideon Kurada on Wednesday discharged and acquitted El-Zakzaky and his wife, of all charges levelled against them. 

The court said the charges were retroactive as the state government arraigned them for an alleged act that was not a crime at the time they were allegedly committed.

The court held that the charges were filed against Mr El-Zakzaky and his wife in 2018, in pursuant to a Penal law enacted by the state government in 2017, over an alleged offence committed in 2015.

Counsel to the state government, Dari Bayero, on Friday disclosed that the state government have filed new charges against the IMN leader under the Treason and Treasonable Offences Act before a Federal High Court.

Mr Bayero said: “We are going to appeal, there is no doubt about it. In fact, we have obtained the court judgment because we are not in agreement with My Lord’s reasoning and conclusion. It is not in consonance with the facts on ground.”