The clash resulted in the death of two police officers and three sustaining serious injuries. Three patrol vehicles were set ablaze by the Shiites during the clash.
“The said ritual practice has in the recent past been characterised by unimaginable violence leading to the destruction of properties, injuries to persons and even loss of lives,” said the
The police claim that the IMN members, who firing weapons and threw stones at the convoy, were “professionally contained the miscreants without the use of force.”
The Shi’ites were observing the annual symbolic Arbaeen Trek when police officers opened fire on them.
As long as the dominant politicians choose to weaponise demographics without a plan for investing in productivity, for so long shall Nigeria know little peace.
