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Federal High Court in Abuja will today deliver judgment in the suit by
leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky
challenging his continued detention by the Department of State Services
(DSS).
Justice Gabriel
Kolawole had fixed the judgment for today after his earlier advice to
the applicant's lawyers and the Federal Government to settle the dispute
out of court by November 25 failed.
Zakzaky's counsel
Femi Falana (SAN) and Festus Okoye had earlier told the court that their
client had nothing to negotiate because he and his wife had not been
charged with any offence.
In the fundamental
rights enforcement suit, Zakzaky is also demanding the sum of N2 billion
in damages against the Nigerian Army, the DSS, and Attorney General of
the Federation over his detention without trial since December, 2015.
But in a counter
affidavit, federal government's counsel, Tijjani Gazalli, claimed that
Zakzaky was being held in protective custody to prevent being attacked
by aggrieved residents of Gyallesu community, Zaria, Kaduna State, the
spiritual headquarters of the sect.
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