The police command in Abuja in Abuja has paraded 94 members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), better known as Shi’ites.
The police command in Abuja has arrested over 97 members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria , otherwise referred to as Shi’ites, over the killing of its officers.He said the Shi’ites attacked the police officers with cutlasses, petrol bombs and guns,The commissioner identified the officers killed as Innocent Agabi, an assistant superintendent of police, and Alex Odeh, an inspector.
“They killed two policemen and wounded four, including a woman police officer who is in the hospital. We recovered from them cutlasses that had blood stains which they used in killing the policemen,” he said.“They shot at the policemen, they used petrol bombs, they used cutlasses. If you see their dead bodies, how they were massacred, you will be shocked.”
The commissioner claimed that the police did not kill members of the sect, adding that pictures of dead bodies circulated by the group are not real. “They will dress mannequins; this is the head, they will dress it up and make it look like a human being so that they will send them money and they will continue to send them money,” he said.
“This one is what they do and you can see blood stains. They will cover it and send it to their sponsors overseas and tell them that the Nigeria Police and the government have killed one of them.”FG releases Polish nationals arrested over ‘waving of Russian flags’ during protest
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