Kaduna Govt to appeal acquittal of 91 IMN Members

The Kaduna State government has said that it will challenge the court judgement which discharged and acquitted 91 members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN). The judgment was delivered on Friday at a Kaduna State High Court.

The Director of Public Prosecution in the State, Daris Bayero, disclosed this in reaction to the judgement.

He said, “Now we have read the ruling; My Lord has discharged them (the IMN members) after a no-case submission. She discharged them and acquitted them and said we did not present any legally admissible evidence before the court.”

“Now, we have looked at the judgment and listened to the judgment because I was in court when the judgment was delivered.

“The judgment is erroneous on point of law because 31 witnesses were called, including senior military officers that were at the scene of the incident when it happened and they came to testify and gave a vivid account of what happened to them on that day,” Bayero added.

He was unhappy that the court said they have not presented any legally admissible evidence to prove their allegations against the IMN members.

“Accordingly, I have been directed to file a notice and grounds of appeal as soon as we obtain the full reading of the court before the court of appeal. That is the position we are in now.

“We are not happy with the part where My Lord said that we have not presented any legally admissible evidence before the court. That is the part that hurts us the most,” he said.

He insisted, “We must test that! It is only the Court of Appeal that will say otherwise. We are trying to obtain the record and then we would appeal against the judgment definitely.”

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