SHIITES TACKLE SECURITY AGENCIES DURING PROTEST IN ABUJA

The protest comes about two weeks after two Shiites were killed and two police officers injured following a similar protest which turned violent at the National Assembly Complex in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Penpushing further reports that, the grievances of the movement is the continuous detention of their leader,  Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, who has been in detention for alleged murder since December 2015, and calling for his release.

The ugly development as narrated by a witness said Government vehicles including those owned by the Emergency Management Agency were burnt by the aggrieved protesters, while a source alleged that the Shiites threw petrol bombs as part of the protest.

Penpushing also report that a member of the Shiite group, identified as Yahaya Mohammed, in reaction said the Shiite members were only having a peaceful protest when military officers attacked them.

“Which clash? There was no clash between us and anybody. It was a peaceful protest. Until these security officers just came and started shooting and attacking us,” Mohammed emphasised