Tension in Abuja as army clash with Shiites at protest

Emerging reports suggest that aout hundred Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria who continued calling for the release of their leader Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky by holding a peaceful protest, where attacked by the Nigerian army and officers of the police.

The members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), better known as the Shi’ites, on September 22, Thursday, stormed the streets of the capital city of Nigeria, Abuja.

According to ABNA, the security operatives used tear gas and baton to disperse demonstrators who’d taken to the streets of Abuja to once again push for Zakzaky’s release.

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