No fewer than six members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN,
otherwise known as Shi’ites are feared dead in a bloody clash involving
the Muslim sect and the police in Abuja on Monday.
We gathered that the clash, which took place at the Federal
Secretariat Complex, also had vehicles reportedly belonging to the
National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, set ablaze.
The protesters had gathered at the popular NITEL Junction in Wuse II
for a protest march to the Three Arms Zone to continue their call for
the release of their leader, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, from government
detention.
However, they were resisted by gun-wielding security personnel, who ordered that they stop their protest march and disperse.
In the ensuing fiasco, sporadic gunshots were fired which left about
six persons feared dead and a journalist with Channels TV battling for
his life.
Details coming…