Soldiers, Police and Shiite members clash again in Abuja, the third time

There was another chaos on Tuesday in Abuja as members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) and Soldiers, Police clashed again in parts of the FCT.

This is the third time in three days of their rough and tumble.
Yesterday’s clash began with the convergence of the Shiites at the nation’s capital for the annual Arbaeen symbolic trek, which also served as cover for a protest march against the continued detention of their spiritual leader by the federal authorities.

Some of the Shiite members arrested with petrol bombs, hard drugs.

Violent scenes marred the rituals, officially due to end today as some of the sect members were killed in the confrontation with the Army in the Maraba- Nyanya metropolis of Abuja.

When the crisis first unfolded on Saturday, troops from the Army Headquarters Garrison at Zuba, Gwagwalada Area Council of the FCT, reportedly gunned down six followers of the sect. The Army, however, claimed responsibility for three deaths.

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