A Kaduna State High Court had adjourned till July 28, 2021 for ruling on a no case submission in the case involving the leader of the Shiite Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky and his wife Zeenat.
Justice Gideon Kurada, on Thursday in Kaduna, adjourned the case after submissions of both the prosecuting and defence lawyers.
Counsel for the IMN leader, Femi Falana, SAN, told journalists after the court sitting that he prayed the court to rule in favour of Zakzaky and his wife.
Falana said both the prosecuting and defence teams addressed the court on the no case submission.
According to him, though the prosecuting counsel has called 15 witnesses so far, “we felt that no case has been established to warrant our clients being in court.
“We addressed the court that there is nothing to defend. The court took our addresses and adjourned to July 28 for ruling on the no case submission.”
But the prayer was opposed by the prosecuting counsel, Dari Bayero, who is also the state Director of Public Prosecutions.
Bayero insisted that the defendants had a case to answer and asked the court to overrule the no case submission.
Bayero had on March 31, 2021, prayed that the court to sentence Zakzaky and Zeenat as provided by the law of the land
