The Federal government is set to
hand over Sheikh Zakzaky to Kaduna State for trial any moment from now. This
followed the recent signing of papers authorizing this by the Attorney General
of the federation (AGF), Malami Abubakar.
A reliable sources confirmed that
Kaduna State government had requested for the Sheikh to be handed over for some
time now, but it was only recently that the Federal government obliged them.
The request for the handing over of
the Sheikh is to enable the state government to charge the cleric to court for
offences allegedly committed for close to three decades.
Up till the time of compiling this
report, the Sheikh was yet to be transferred to Kaduna State custody. However,
it appears that he could be transferred to Kaduna any moment from now.
This will be contrary to a Federal
High Court Abuja judgement that ruled that he should be released and a house be
built for him in any town of the Northern town of his choice, in addition to
the payment of compensation for the trampling of his fundamental rights.
Earlier this week, IMN had raised an
alert over the deteriorating health condition of the Sheikh.
Source:Daily trust
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