The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenah, are planning to embark on a foreign trip for medical check-up, Saturday PUNCH learnt on Friday.
It was gathered that both husband and wife would use the opportunity to evaluate their health status, which a source close to the Islamic leader claimed had deteriorated as a result of their long stay in prison.
El-Zakzaky and his wife are said to be staying in Abuja since they were acquitted by a Kaduna high court of charges of culpable homicide.
There were rumours that the couple had travelled outside the country on Friday, but the spokesperson for the IMN, Abdullahi Mohammed, denied it.
“Sheikh and his wife are still around, they have not travelled. I will update you if there is any development,” he told one of our correspondents.
However, another source close to the Kaduna-based Islamic leader said, “He will travel soon. He and his wife need to see their doctors. They have to be attended to soon.”
Meanwhile, the Kaduna State Government has filed fresh charges against El-Zakzaky bordering on terrorism and treasonable felony allegedly perpetrated against the state and the federal governments.