COVID-19: Court Orders El-Zakzaky’s Wife’s Relocation To Isolation Center

• The IMN had claimed that El-Zakzaky and his wife Zeenat were being denied medical attention in detention
• A claim the Nigerian Correctional Centre denied

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A Kaduna State High court has ordered the Nigerian Correctional Service to evacuate the wife of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Zeenat El-Zakzaky to an isolation centre in order to receive treatment for COVID-19.

Eko Hot Blog had reported that Zeenat was said to have contracted the virus inside the Nigerian Correctional Centre in Kaduna.

According to a statement by Ibrahim Musa, IMN’s Spokesman, Zeenat tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time on January 20, 2021, but the management of the Correctional Centre denied the report.

The Nigeria Correctional Centre’s denial was contained also in a statement signed by the spokesman of its Kaduna State Command, Daniel Wadai, who insisted that there is no report of any COVID-19 infection in any of the facilities as all inmates are safe and well-protected.

Read also: El-Zakzaky’s Wife Contracts COVID-19 In Prison

At the resumed trial of the defendants who are facing an eight-count charge of culpable homicide, unlawful assembly among others, their counsel, Femi Falana on Monday told the presiding judge, Justice Gideon Kurada that Mrs El-Zakzaky has tested positive for COVID-19, and also presented a medical report to back up his claim.

He, however, appealed to the court to allow his client to seek proper medical treatment outside the Correctional Centre in line with the protocols that have been outlined by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control.

The appeal was supported by the prosecuting counsel and the Solicitor general of Kaduna state, Chris Umar.

In his ruling on the appeal, Justice Kurada ordered that Mrs El-Zakzaky should be moved to a government-approved isolation and treatment centre.