Police deny killing Shiíte protesters
The Nigerian police have denied the claim by the Shiite Islamic Movement of Nigeria that several of its members were killed by the police while dispersing their procession on Tuesday.
The IMN members said the reported deaths where the protests were interrupted by security operatives “was evidence of the fact that the security officers were the perpetrators of the violence recorded during our previous protests.” “In Bauchi, reports also have it that three people were killed during the Ashura processio when the police attacked the mourners. Likewise, three other people were killed by the police in Azare, also in Bauchi state. Another three people were killed by the police in Gombe state.“One person was reportedly killed by the police in Illela, during the Ashura procession there, and another person was killed in Goronyo all in Sokoto state. In Malumfashi, Katsina state also another person was killed.
“Today’s show of shame and rage by the police across the states was sequel to the tragic orders given to it by the Inspector general of police, Mohammed Adamu to brutally attack the peaceful Ashura mourners. “They had been warned not to come out, they have been proscribed by the country and the state but they defied the warning against their protest. And when they came out they were violent. They constituted a nuisance. They came with catapults and were firing at the policemen. Some of the commuters in the area had their vehicles bashed. That is violence.
“We had engaged the traditional rulers in the state to advise them not to come out but they defied the advice of their traditional rulers and came out in Azere and we tried to disperse them but they started throwing stones at us. But we dispersed them and it did not take long before the situation was brought under control. 28 of them were arrested. I am not aware of any casualties,” Mr Abubakar said.
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