It's been a bloody Sunday in Abuja with three cops feared dead as members of the Shiite movement and the police had a fierce clash
Policemen in Abuja are counting their losses following a fierce encounter with members of the Shiite movement. Three officers were feared killed during the encounter, while the Shiite movement, in a statement, claimed that many of their members had been shot dead by the police. According to police spokesperson SP Josephine Adeh, the ‘attack’ on…
According to police spokesperson SP Josephine Adeh, the ‘attack’ on the police in the Federal Capital Territory was unprovoked. According to the spokesman of the Islamic movement under the leadership of Sayyid Ibraheem Ya’qoub El-Zakzaky, Sheikh Sidi Munir Mainasara Sokoto, police attacked the Arbaeen Symbolic Trek in Abuja and killed numerous mourners.
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