The Director of CfHD, Dr. Umar Abubakar, told journalists that the passports had remained with authorities since the medical trip which was allegedly scuttled by the government in 2018.
According to him, both the Nigerian Intelligence Agency and the Department of State Security had denied being in possession of the travelling documents after the couple regained their freedom following the ruling of a Kaduna State High Court.
He said, “The CfHD and other lovers of justice across the world are getting agitated once again because of these obnoxious developments including what appears to be placing the duo under house arrest by the government.
“Hence, we call on the international community especially the US, UK and Canadian governments to prevail on the government to release the passports of Sheikh Zakzaky and his wife.”
El-Zakzaky and his wife were detained for over five years and were being prosecuted for alleged culpable homicide among other charges following a clash between IMN members and soldiers in Zaria, Kaduna State, in December 2015.