A Kaduna State High Court on Monday ordered the Kaduna correctional service to release Zeenat, wife of leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El–Zakzaky, for COVID-19 treatment.
The court asked that Zeenat be moved to a government isolation facility to begin treatment immediately.
Mohammed, son of the IMN leader, last Thursday said his mother tested positive for COVID-19 at the prison but that the authorities refused to release her for treatment.
El-Zakzaky and his wife have been in detention since 2015 after his followers clashed with soldiers in Zaria, Kaduna.
The IMN leader is standing trial for alleged culpable homicide, unlawful assembly, and disruption of public peace.
Counsel to El-Zakzaky, Femi Falana, had presented a medical report to back up his case for the release of Zeenat.
The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) asked the court to allow Zeenat to seek medical treatment outside the correctional centre according to measures put in place by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
The presiding judge, Gideon Kurada, granted the request after the prosecuting counsel, Chris Umar, agreed with Falana’s submission.
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