A Kaduna State High Court is expected to rule on the trial of the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim Elzakzaky and his wife, Malama Zeenat, today.
It will be recalled that El-Zakzaky and his wife are standing trial on an eight-count charge bordering on alleged culpable homicide, unlawful assembly and disruption of the public peace, among others. Among the witnesses who testified against the IMN leader were two army officers, a retired director of State Security Service (SSS), police officers and a medical doctor.
Security around Kaduna metropolitan area has been intensified as men of the Kaduna State Police Command, and the Civil Defense Corps blocked all the roads leading to the court, diverting vehicles to alternative routes. According to top sources, the move is to avert any breakdown of law and order.