 The leader of the Shiites in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zaqi, has accused the federal government of marking him and his wife a Zinat for withholding their passports three months after they were discharged and acquitted of criminal charges by the Kadrana State High Court. The couple was stopped from acquiring fresh international passports so they could travel overseas for medical attention after security operatives reportedly lost their travel documents during their six years in detention. Sheikh El-Zaqi also accused the government of refusing to disclose any reason for doing so. He said they had no intention of fleeing the country since the court had declared him innocent of the eight-count charge brought against them.