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Court awards N100m fine against IGP for unlawful arrest, killing of Free Zakzaky protester

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….Orders IGP, CMD of Asokoro District Hospital to release his corpse for Islamic burial rites A Federal High Court, Abuja, has awarded a N100 million fine against the Inspector-General of Police over an allegation bordering on the arrest and killing of Ja’afar Muhammad, a member of Free Zakzaky protesters in Abuja. Justice Zainab Abubakar, in a judgement on a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CD/409/2020, held that the arrest of late Muhammad by the police officers at Gwagwalada Teaching Hospital on July 22, 2019, and his killing on July 24, 2019, at SARS…

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Islamic Movement denies alleged plan to attack prisons in FCT, 5 other states

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…Says allegation is FG’s ploy to give the group bad name The Islamic Movement, unders the leadership of Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, has denied the allegation that it is planning a jailbreak in correctional centres across five states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The group described the allegation as a plot by the Muhammed Buhari-led government to tagged the organisation in badlight. The reaction came following allegation that an official in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) who is a Director in the…

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El-Zakzaky, wife’s N4bn suit against DSS, AGF adjourned till March 9, 2022

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El-Zakzaky case against the federal government continues to linger as the Federal High Court, Abuja has adjourned two separate suits filed by Leader of the proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenah, until March 9 for hearing. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after counsel to the defence appeared in court with an application for extension of time to regularise their processes. Justice Ekwo granted their prayers and adjourned the matter until March 9 for definite hearing. The judge ordered all the parties to…

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El-Zakzaky drags NIS to court over refusal to release their passports

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The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Mallama Zennah, have sued Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) over its refusal to release their international passports. The couple, who listed the NIS and its Comptroller General as 1st and 2nd defendants respectively, prayed the Federal High Court, Abuja, to enforce their fundamental right. In a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/22/2022 and filed by their lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, dated and filed on January 11, El-Zakzaky and his wife said they have the right to freedom of movement…

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Alleged passport seizure: Court to hear El-Zakzaky, wife’s N4bn suit against DSS, AGF Jan. 19

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A Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed Jan. 19, 2022, for hearing the suit filed by Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheik Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenah, against the Department of State Services (DSS) and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF). Justice Inyang Ekwo, on Friday, fixed the date to allow the defendants in the fundamental right enforcement suit respond to allegations leveleld against them. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that while El-Zakzaky and his wife are applicants in the separate suits, the DSS DG…

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