2015 bullets still in El-Zakzaky, wife’s bodies, says Falana SAN

Mr Femi Falana (SAN), the lawyer to detained leader of Islamic
Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife,
Mallama Zinat, has said they are still carrying the pellets of
bullets allegedly shot at them in 2015.

This is even as a Kaduna State High Court yesterday adjourned
ruling till August 5 on the application for permission to travel
for medical attention by El-Zakzaky and his wife.

The IMN had filed an application for permission to travel to
India for medical attention, hinging the application on its
leader’s “failing health”.

The court, presided over by Justice Darius Khobo, adjourned
ruling on the application till August 5

Falana, who addressed reporters after the hearing, said his
clients were in dire need of medical attention as they had not been
given adequate medical care since their detention in 2015.

He said the pellets of bullets had been in the bodies of the
detainees since the December 2015 incident in Zaria, Kaduna.

Expressing concern over the continued deteriorating condition of
his client’s health, including the alleged loss of an eye, Falana
said there is urgent need for them to travel abroad for medical
care.

“In fact, he was not in court because his health had gone very
bad. Even during last appearance, he could not climb the staircase
to the courtroom. That is why we applied that he be excused from
appearance in court, and it was granted.

“The pellets in their bodies had resulted to lead poison and
they need to be urgently removed by highly professional medical
personnel,” he said.

The activist lawyer expressed confidence that the court would
grant his clients the permission to travel for urgent medical
care.

Counsel to the respondents (Kaduna State government), Mr. Dari
Bayero, who also addressed reporters, said the adjournment followed
the arguments of both parties on the application.

The lawyer said his team had examined the eight medical reports
by Nigerian and foreign doctors and argued that there are medical
facilities in the country to handle the medical needs of the IMN
leader and his wife.

According to him, they argued that there are several medical
facilities in the country that can handle the medical needs of the
IMN leader and his wife.

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