At the resumed sitting on Monday, Justice Gideon Kurada of Kaduna State High Court, on Monday ordered the State authorities to immediately treat Zeenat for COVID-19
Both prosecution and the defense counsel, Chris Umar and Femi Falana, SAN, respectively confirmed to reporters after the trial that Zeenat had tested positive for the COVID-19.
El-Zakzaky and his wife are facing trial on an eight-count charge bordering alleged culpable homicide, unlawful assembly and disruption of the public peace among other charges, to which they both pleaded not guilty on Sept. 29, 2020.
Both of them have been in detention at the Kaduna Correctional Service facility since their return from a botched medical trip to India on the orders of the court.