Kaduna State government has filed fresh charges against the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky 48 hours after being discharged and acquitted by Justice Gideon Kurada. A Kaduna State high court had on Wednesday discharged and acquitted El-Zakzaky and his wife Zeenat Ibrahim from an 8 count charge of culpable homicide, unlawful assembly and disruption of the public peace, among others for four years.
The state Director of Public Prosecution, Daris Bayero, has now confirmed on Friday that new charges bothering on terrorism and treasonable felony against the state and the federal government have been filed against El Zakzaky and his wife. He further explained that some of the actions of the IMN leader upon which he is being charged with fresh allegations dated back before 2015.
Bayero added that with the fresh charges, the court will consequently issue an order for the arrest of Elzakzaky for him to answer the charges.
