The Trial of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife Zeenat, has been adjourned till February 24 and February 25, 2020.
The presiding judge of the Kaduna High Court , Justice Gideon Kurada, at the resumed hearing of the case on Thursday again adjourned the case to allow the defendants appear in court to take their plea.
Counsel to the defendants, Mr Femi Falana, (SAN) told journalists after the adjournment that the defendants were not in court due to the poor state of health of Zeenat, the second defendant in the trial.
The IMN leader and his wife Zeenat are standing trial over allegations of culpable homicide, unlawful assembly and disruption of the public peace, among other charges, in another court.
Falana said, Justice Kurada had granted the defendants’ application to allow them access to their personal physicians to enable them appear in Court and take their plea at the next adjournment date.
He said the court had also granted the application to amend the charges by the prosecution counsel to reflect that the two other accused persons were still at large.
