The leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, Sheikh Ibrahim Elzakzaky and wife have travelled out of Nigeria to India onboard Emirates’ Boeing 777-300ER Flight EK786 on Monday at exactly 6:29pm.
Also on the entourage of the Shi’ite leader are his wife, Zeenat; son Mohammed; close family friend Zainab Hamid; family doctor Ramatu Abubakar; two SSS officials and; a police doctor.
The National Intelligence Agency, NIA and State Security Service, SSS, who had been working behind the scene to resolve the impasse occasioned by the detention of Shiite leader have advised the presidency on the appropriateness of obeying the court orders since some foreign interests including the Iranian government have sought a diplomatic approach in managing the issue.
Speaking to PRNigeria on the latest development, a human rights activist and lawyer to Sheikh Zakzaky, Femi Falana (SAN) said the government disregard the so-called stringent conditions of the Kaduna State government before the Shiite leader and his wife could embark on the medical trip abroad.
Mr Falana said the condition stipulated by Kaduna State is totally alien to the penal code and the administration of criminal justice law because the agreement is not brought under any substantive or adjectival law and an agreement cannot vary or modify the order of a competent court.
The lawyer said that since the secret service which had the custody of the El-Zakzakys, had announced on behalf of the Federal Government that the court order would be obeyed, the so-called terms of “agreements” of the Kaduna State government under Governor Elrufai should be ignored because it is the height of provocative contempt.