Justice Darius Khobo of Kaduna State High Court, gave the ruling granted Elzakzaky leave to seek for medical attention in New Delhi, India.<\/p>\n
Khobo while granting the IMN leader the leave said he would travel in company of State officials.<\/p>\n
He said the IMN leader must return immediately after his discharge from the hospital to face his charges.<\/p>\n
The IMN leader and his wife had applied to the court seeking to travel, following poor health while in detention.<\/p>\n
The State Director of Public Prosecution, Mr Dari Bayero, briefed newsmen, shortly after Monday\u2019s ruling in Kaduna.<\/p>\n
Bayero, who is the respondent in El-Zazaky\u2019s application, said the team had taken time and examined the eight medical reports by Nigerian and foreign doctors that accompanied the IMN leader\u2019s application.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe context of the court ruling is that Sheikh Zakzaky and his wife are granted leave to travel out for urgent medical attention.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe court looked through the medical reports filed and believed Mallam is indeed in dire need of medical attention.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not a bail, but a leave to travel. So as soon as his discharge from the hospital and he returns to the country, his trial will resume,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Bayero said the team of lawyers would study the ruling and explore whether there is a need for appeal, \u201cWe have a month to go through that.\u201d<\/p>\n
On his part, Mr Marshal Abubakar, counsel to El-Zakzaky recalled that before July 29, the lead counsel to the applicant, Femi Falana was in the court to move the application, which was adjourned to today.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not a bail application as is being wrongly reported by some media, it was an application to save the life of the applicants, El-Zakzaky and his wife.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to him, \u201cThe ruling came up today and the court graciously agreed with Mr Femi Falana SAN and the various medical reports that were attached to the applications.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere were eight medical reports that clearly show the applicants are in dire need of medical treatment abroad.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe court agreed that they should be allowed to seek treatment that they sort for and with supervision,\u201d Marshal said.<\/p>\n
El-Zazaky had in the application said he and his wife would return to Nigeria as soon as they were discharged.<\/p>\n
The IMN leader is standing trial in another court over allegations of culpable homicide, unlawful assembly and disruption of public peace among other charges.<\/p>\n
Justice Gideon Kurada, who was handling the case, had on April 25 adjourned the trial of the IMN leader indefinitely.<\/p>\n
The indefinite adjournment was to enable the judge to serve on the panel of the Presidential and National Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal in Yobe State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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