Abuja: How Police Killed Our Members – Shi’ite Islamic Members

By Suleiman Anyalewechi

Leaders  of the Islamic movement has promised to  provide details of their members, allegedly, killed, injured and arrested by the Police to the public soonest.

The Police and the Islamic Group were engaged in a fatal clash in Abuja on Sunday.

Two Policemen were killed. A couple of others were left unconscious. And three Police patrol vehicles were set ablaze by the Group.

According to a statement issued by the FCT Police Spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, the Islamic Group launched an unprovoked attack on Police Personnel on routine duties at a checkpoint in Wuse area of the Federal Capital Territory.

The statement said the attackers, wielding some dangerous weapons like machetes, improvised explosive devices and knives visited mayhem on the Police, killed two Police personnel, left three unconscious and set three operational vehicles ablaze. The injured are in a medical facility where frantic efforts are being made to keep them alive.

Police said some arrests have been made.

But the Spokesman for the Islamic Group, Sidi Mainasara, in a statement insisted that the Police killed  several members of the Group who were part of the Arbaeen Trek procession

“We wish to inform the public that the Police have attacked the ongoing Arab’een Symbolic Trek at Wuse District in Abuja and killed numerous mourners, while trying to disperse the Arba’een procession.

“Presently, Security Agents are busy arresting the Arbaeen Trek mourners.

“Medical personnel are attending to those critically injured and details of those killed, injured and arrested will be made available to members of the press in due course”, the statement reads in part.

The Source reports that the Arbaeen Trek, is  observed annually by the group which Leader El Zak Zaky has been in detention for years now.

The Zaria based IMN Leader is being held on alleged terrorism charges by the Federal Government of Nigeria.