- AFDB appoints Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade as Acting Vice President for Regional Development
- As TCN plans to raise Abuja transmission network by 624MW
- Over 600 inmates escape from Kuje prison
- Appeal court to deliver judgement today on Abuja land dispute
- International Criminal Court marks 20th anniversary
- African Energy Chamber Launches Q2, 2022 Outlook
- PHOTOS: NLC protests moves to reclassify minimum wage in Abuja
- Fire at Abuja World Trade Centre
- Stay away: Abuja shuts out FG workers in states
- Health minister, NCDC chief meet President Buhari
Many feared dead in fresh clash between Army and Shi’ites in Abuja
- Updated: October 30, 2018
Many members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria aka Shi’ites were killed in a fresh clash with security agents in the Nyanya area of Abuja today Monday October 29th.
According to reports, security operatives had tried to stop a procession of the sect members who were marching from Mararaba/Nasarawa axis of the town. The protesting sect members were demanding for the release of their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky who has been in detention since December 2015.
Following their resistance, the policemen and soldiers reportedly fired live bullets on the sect members. Many of them were killed in the clash while others were seriously injured.
This incident comes two days after the same incident happened at the Zuba bridge in the Federal capital territory. The Shi’ites were proceeding from Suleja, Niger state, to Abuja for a three-day mass protest. culled from LIB