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The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenat, have tested positive for COVID-19 in the Kaduna State Correctional Centre where they are both being held, according to multiple news reports. El-Zakzaky and his wife have been in detention since 2015 after some of his followers clashed with soldiers in Zaria, Kaduna. The IMN leader is standing trial over allegations of culpable homicide, unlawful assembly, disruption of the public peace, among other charges. In a statement on Thursday, Mohammed, son of the IMN leader, said Zeenat has not been evacuated to an isolation centre for treatment despite informing authorities at the correctional centre of her status. The London-based Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) appealed to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday to release the Muslim cleric and his wife in light of their COVID-19 diagnosis. The IHRC has also written to the United Nations asking the international body to exert pressure on Nigeria to do the same. Mohammed El-Zakzaky has said his mother’s COVID-19 positive status is being used as an “assassination tool” by the government. President Muhammadu Buhari has mandated ministries, departments, agencies and business enterprises to grant access to the Federal Inland Revenue ...
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