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Jailed Muslim cleric and wife released from Nigerian prison
A Nigerian court on Wednesday acquitted and ordered the release of Shiite Muslim cleric Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife Zeenah Ibrahim.
The two have been in jail since 2015, facing eight charges brought by the Kaduna state government in 2018, including aiding and abetting homicide, unlawful assembly and disruption of public peace.
"The court has discharged and acquitted Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife of all the charges filed against them. They have regained their freedom today," said Sadau Garba, a lawyer for the couple.
Who is Ibrahim Zakzaky and why was he jailed?
Zakzaky, who has called for an Iranian-style Islamic revolution in the country, was initially arrested alongside his wife and some 200 followers from his Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) in a violent government crackdown in the northern Nigerian city of Zaria, in December 2015.
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