Kaduna Police Denies Killing Shiite Members

The Kaduna Police Command on Wednesday denied reports
that its men killed three members of the Islamic Movement
of Nigeria during a protest at Tudun Wada area in the state
capital on Tuesday.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Zubairu Abubakar,
told our correspondent that none of the sect members was
killed by policemen during a protest.
He further explained that the policemen were only sent to
the area to forestall any break down of law and order
following rumours that members of the movement were
planning to embark on a violent protest in the state capital.
He also explained that the sect members were the ones that
attacked the police patrol team with dangerous weapons,
an act he said, prompted the policemen to use teargas to
disperse the soaring protesters.
Zubairu stated that a combined team of soldiers and
policemen have been stationed at Tudun Wada and other
volatile areas in the state capital to maintain law and order,
but advised members of the public to be law abiding and
report any suspicious movement to security agencies.
In the meantime, relative calm has returned in the state capital and some parts of Zaria, while heavily
armed soldiers are still stationed at the PZ and Guyllesu areas in the ancient city where the bloody clash
between the sect members and soldiers took place last weekend.
A resident of Zaria told our correspondent in Kaduna that the entire place is cordoned off as nobody is
allowed to move around until the situation is brought under control.