Nigerian Shiite Leader Ibrahim El-Zakzaky Bail Denied

The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife Zeena El-Zakzaky, have been denied bail application by a State High Court in Kaduna. El-Zakzaky has been been jailed since December 2015.

Shi'a members demanding the release of Ibrahim El-Zakzaky in Abuja.

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