The protest, which kicked off from Wuse Market, was
disrupted at Berger bus-stop when the armed policemen fired teargas and live
ammunition to disperse the crowd.
Policemen have fired gunshots at protesting members of the
Islamic Movement in Nigeria in Abuja as members of the sect took to the streets
in commemoration of four years of the Zaria massacre where many of their
colleagues were allegedly killed by the Nigerian Army.
The protest, which kicked off from Wuse Market, was
disrupted at Berger bus-stop when the armed policemen fired teargas and live
ammunition to disperse the crowd.
The demonstrators retaliated in anger and pelted the
policemen with stones.
Commercial activities have been grounded around the area as
people scurried for safety.
Recall that the group had engaged in a bloody clash with the
entourage of Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, in Zaria, Kaduna State, in
2015 leading to the death of many members of the sect and arrest of their
leader, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, who remains in detention together with his wife.
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