FG Intervenes in Zainab Aliyu case
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
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President Muhammadu Buhari has directed Mr Abubakar Malami, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to immediately intervene in the case of Zainab Aliyu, the student, incriminated in drug-related matters and being detained by the Saudi Arabia authorities.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Media aide to Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, SSA to the President on Diaspora Affairs said that the President gave the directive two weeks ago when the matter was brought to his atttention.
The Presidential aide assured that progress was being made in Zainab case, along with two others in similar circumstances in Saudi Arabia.
Mrs Dabiri Erewa said that Zainab, though detained, has not been put on trial by the Saudi Arabia government. And with the hard evidence that those who implicated her have been arrested, a strong legal case is being made to the Saudi authorities
Mr Habib Aliyu, the father of the alleged drug courier, Zainab Aliyu, had appealed to the Federal Government of Nigeria, the Saudi authorities and the international community as well as well-meaning individuals to intervene in her daughter's case and save the 'innocent' lady from being executed wrongly.
Zainab, a student of Maitama Sule University, Kano, had travelled from Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, MAKIA, in company with her mother, Mrs Maryam Aliyu, and sister, Hajara Aliyu. She was later arrested over allegations that a piece of luggage, bearing her name tag, contained the unlawful substance.
Zainab who was accused of entering Saudi Arabia with an illegal dosage of Tramadol was later discovered to be a victim of a cartel that specialises in keeping hard drugs in travellers' bags, some of whom are already in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.
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