Six days after he was acquitted, the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky is still far from breathing fresh air following fresh charges filed against him by the Kaduna State government.
This came after the embattled IMN leader was discharged and acquitted by a Kaduna State High Court last Wednesday.
Justice Gideon Kurada had discharged and acquitted Elzakzaky and his wife Zeenat, from the eight-count charge pressed against them by the state government for lack of merit.
Dissatisfied with the ruling, the state government last Thursday filed a fresh seven charges against the IMN leader at the Federal High Court.
The state Director of Public Prosecution, Daris Bayero, told Channels Television that the charges border on terrorism and treasonable felony against the state and federal governments.
He further explained that some of the actions of the IMN leader upon which he is being charged with fresh allegations, dated back before 2015.
Bayero added that with the fresh charges, the court will consequently issue an order for the arrest of Elzakzaky for him to answer the charges.
The couple has been standing trial for the past four years on eight counts of culpable homicide, disruption of public peace and unlawful assembly among others after the government accused them of being responsible for the death of a soldier when soldiers massacred more than 300 protesting Shiites in December 2015.
Despite a series of protests and several court rulings ordering his release, the couple still remain in custody.
