High courts in Kaduna, Sokoto, of Appeal discharge, release 309 Shia Muslims

Since the altercation between the authorities and members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria led by Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky commenced, the High Courts in Kaduna and Sokoto, as well as the Court of Appeal have discharged and acquitted 309 members of the Islamic Movement and dismissed charges by the administration, Abdullahi Usman, Vice President of the Media Forum of the Islamic Movement has said.