[PULSE.NG] About 400 Shiite members were tossed in the slammerYouse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
by the police after a clash between the force and the sect. On Tuesday, October 30, 2018 eyewitness reports stated that a clash ensued between the sect members and the police force around Wuse zone 2 in Abuja.
According to TVC, petrol bombs and illicit drugs were found on the arrested Shiite members.
SHIITES REACT
According to New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
, the front man of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (Shiite Moslems), Ibrahim Musa said they were attacked while they were holding a procession.
The group also claimed that security agencies have killed 27 of its members since Saturday's clash.
TIMELINE OF THE RECENT FESTIVITIES
On Saturday, October 27, 2018, the Nigerian Army clashed with Shiite members, killing three around Zuba area in Abuja.
Speaking to Vanguard, the Commander Army Headquarters Garrison, Major General James Myam, said members of the sect mounted a road block and tried to attack a convoy carrying ammunitions.