The High Court sitting Kaduna has adjourned to August 5, ruling in the application for permission to travel to India for medical attention filed by Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zinat.
El-Zakzaky, the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria leader and his wife, have been in detention since 2015.
Counsel to the respondents, who is also the Kaduna State Director of Public Prosecution, Mr. Dari Bayero, spoke with newsmen shortly after the court hearing in Kaduna.
He said his team had argued that there are several medical facilities in the country that can handle the medical needs of the IMN leader and his wife.
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In his ruling, Justice Darius Khobo granted the request of the Kaduna State government to review and respond to El-Zakzaky’s bail application.
On his part, counsel to the applicants, Femi Falana (SAN), told newsmen after Monday’s adjournment that his clients, El-Zakzaky and wife Zinat, were in dire need of medical attention.
Falana said that his clients had not been given adequate medical care since their detention on December 14, 2015.
He lamented that pellets of bullets are still in his clients’ bodies since 2015 and need to be removed. Falana explained that the IMN leader was not in court because his health was “very bad,” noting that even during the last appearance, he could not climb the staircase to the courtroom.
“That is why we applied that he be excused from an appearance in court and was granted.
“The pellets had resulted to lead poison and need to be urgently removed by highly professional medical personnel,” Falana said.