The security personnel at the
National Assembly Complex were on Monday positioned in strategic locations to
prevent breakdown of law and order as members of the Islamic Movement of
Nigeria, (IMN) also known as Shiite clashed with police officers in Abuja.
Members of the sect who are
demanding the release of their leader, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, who has been in
detention since December 2015, clashed with security operatives at the Federal
Secretariat at about 1.30 p.m.
Security operatives within the
premises of the National Assembly including the Sergeant-at-Arms shut down the
entrance of the complex, diverting vehicular movement to alternative routes.
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| A burnt car at the National Assembly by Shiite protesters on 9 July |
Banks, shop owners, food vendors
and workers within the premises went about their activities, normally.
Shiite protesters on Tuesday,
July 9, almost invaded the NASS premises throwing stones, vandalised private
and public properties and injured three policemen in the process.
The injured security personnel
were rushed to the NASS clinic and later to the National Hospital Abuja.
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