Femi Falana: El-Zakzaky gradually losing his Sight

A high court in Kaduna has adjourned the bail application for the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria Ibrahim El-Zakzaky who is seeking the leave of the court to travel out of the country to seek medical treatment abroad to July 29.

Mr Elzakzaky and his wife Zeenat have been in detention since two thousand and fifteen despite a court ruling mandating their release.

The controversial Shiite leader was re-arraigned by the Kaduna state government despite repeated protests by Shiites across the country most notable in Abuja, Lagos and Kaduna states.

The Islamic Movement of Nigeria have expressed their frustrations over the adjournment and expressed their continued commitment towards the release of their leader

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According to the IMN Group, the applicants are known to be clearly very ill in detention, consequent on the brutal wounds unjustifiably inflicted on them by the state agents in the name of Nigerian army, the resultant prolonged dehumanizing detention in the custody of the Department of State Security (DSS) and the obvious poisoning of the Sheikh. As a result of all these physical and psychological stresses, the Sheikh suffered a series of mild strokes and is at the risk of further recurrences.

Meanwhile, he lost one eye following the military attack and is allegedly at severe risk of losing sight completely in the other. He is now found to have more than twenty times the toxic levels of lead poison in his body according to reports of his health status!

Similarly, the IMN also reported that the wife has been under excruciating pains with shrapnel deeply lodged in her body for all these years of inhuman conditions in detention. She now is able to ambulate only with the use of a wheelchair. Even today both were unable to walk to the courtroom and had to wait outside while the case went on.