There was tight security around the High Court on Ibrahim Taiwo road in Kaduna State, where the trial of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, resumed.
The Court, presided over by Justice Gideon Kurada, heard the no-case submission filed by El-Zakzaky.
It was gathered that as of Wednesday morning, all roads leading to the high court complex were barricaded by security operatives.
El-Zakzaky and his wife were brought to court by officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service amidst tight security.
The couple has been standing trial in the court for the past four years on an eight-count charge of alleged culpable homicide, disruption of public peace and unlawful assembly, among others, levelled against them by the Kaduna State Government.
El-Zakzaky and his wife have been in detention since December 2015 following a bloody clash between his followers and soldiers in Zaria, Kaduna State.
Recall that on July 1st, 2021, the Lead counsel to Zakzaky, Femi Falana SAN, had prayed the court to rule in favour of his clients and dismiss the charges levelled against them, saying there was no criminal case established against them so far by the Kaduna State Government.
The prosecuting counsel, Dari Bayero, had presented 15 witnesses who testified against the defendants, among them were two army officers, a retired director of State Security Service, police officers and a medical doctor.