 An Ikaduna State High Court has freed the embattled leader of the prescribed Islamic movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zazaki and his wife. In a ruling that lasted more than eight hours, the presiding judge, Justice Gideon Kurada, upheld a no-case submission filed by El-Zazaki and his wife. The Ikaduna State government had charged them with coppable homicide on lawful assembly and disruption of public peace. The court ruled that the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case against the defendants. El-Zazaki and his wife Zina Ibrahim have been standing trial for four years on an eight-count charge.