The Kaduna State High Court presided over by Justice Gideon Kurada, on Monday, fixed April 23 and 24th, 2020 for the trial of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and wife, Zeenat.

The Shi’ites leader and his wife put a personal appearance before the court at the resumed hearing on Monday.

El-Zakzaky’s wife was spotted being wheeled into the Kaduna Correctional Centre shortly after the adjournment of the case around 12:51 pm.

The adjournment was to enable the defendants to be medically fit to take a plea.

The court was earlier informed by one of the Counsels for defendants, Marshal Abubakar, that the couple were declined medical attention in the prison custody.

The development prompted the judge to summon the Controller of the Kaduna Correctional Centre to appear before it and stood down court proceedings for more than 2 hours.

Abubakar had earlier told the court that Zeenat was refused access to her personal physician contrary to the order of the court.

Meanwhile, the trial was held under tight security as all roads leading to the court along Independence way; Ibrahim Taiwo Road, as well as Bids Road within the metropolis, were barricaded by security operatives.

Recall that the IMN leader and his wife Zeenat, were standing trial over allegations of culpable homicide, unlawful assembly and disruption of the public peace, among other charges, in another court, following the Nigerian Army and the Shi’ites clash in December 2015.

The High Court had in December 5, 2019 order the Department of State Services to transfer the Shi’ite leader and his wife, to the Nigerian Correctional Centre in Kaduna and to allow his lawyers access to him(El-Zakzaky).

The Presiding Judge order was a sequel to the application by one of the defendant’s lawyers, Haruna Magashi in December 5, 2019, at the resumed hearing in Kaduna. This was eight months after the last hearing in March 24, 2019.

Justice Kurada had also in March 24 adjourned the trial of the IMN leader indefinitely to enable him serve on the panel of the Presidential and National Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal, in Yobe state.