Kaduna Govt. releases fresh condition to free El-Zakzaky
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The Kaduna State government has released fresh conditions that must
be met by the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim
El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat before they will be allowed to travel to
India for medical treatment.
The conditions were listed in a statement issued on Wednesday
evening, by Kaduna state commissioner for Internal Security and Home
Affairs, Samuel Aruwan.
He said though the state government will appeal the ruling of the
Kaduna High Court allowing El-Zakzaky to travel to India for treatment,
it will not seek a stay of execution because it believes that people
should have access to treatment.
Some of the conditions to be met includes that the El-Zakzakys be
escorted by Nigeria’s security agents to India and throughout the period
of their stay while they are barred from seeking asylum in India or any
other country.
Other conditions include:
“The confirmation of his appointment with the hospital by the
ministry of foreign affairs; an undertaking by the defendants to produce
two prominent and reliable persons as sureties, one being a first class
chief/emir of national repute and the other a prominent person within
Kaduna State who shall undertake to produce the defendants whenever they
are needed.”
The Federal Government of Nigeria shall obtain from the Government of
India an irrevocable guarantee that it will not entertain any
application by the defendants/applicants or any third party seeking
asylum under any guise or conferring the status of political prisoners
or any other status aside from being medical patients on the
defendants/applicants and shall also restrain the defendants/applicants
from any act inimical to the corporate existence of Nigeria.
“Each of the defendants/applicants shall undertake in writing,
endorsed by their Counsel, that while on medical treatment in India,
they shall do nothing to jeopardize the ongoing trial, the peace and
security of Nigeria and the laws of the Republic of India in whatever
form.
“Security agents of the Federal Government of Nigeria shall escort
the defendants/applicants and remain with them throughout the duration
of their treatment in India and thereafter shall return with them after
their discharge from the hospital.
“The Nigerian High Commission in India shall undertake prior vetting
and grant consent before any visitor has access to the
defendants/applicants while in the Republic of India,” the statement
read in part.
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