Suspected Shiite members attack police checkpoint, kill two – Official
The police said some other officers were injured and three police vehicles were set ablaze.
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The police said some other officers were injured and three police vehicles were set ablaze.
El-Zakzaky and his wife say they need their passports for urgent foreign trip for medical treatment.
The Shiites were observing their annual Arbaeen Symbolic Trek in the federal capital, causing heavy traffic gridlock.
The Islamic Movement of Nigeria was recently classified as a terrorist group by the Buhari administration.
The deputy commissioner of police was killed on Monday.
The Shiite protesters reportedly clashed with security agencies close to the Federal Secretariat in the Nigerian capital.
The lawyer also says bullets lodged in the body of Mr Zakzaky's wife yet to be extracted
The lawyer asks for justice for victims of the extra-judicial killings.
The lawyer says Mr. El-Zakzaky and his wife are very ill.
Shiites have been campaigning for the release of their leader, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, detained since 2015.
The lawyers’ association also cautioned the government on the timeless investigation of judges.
Mr. Falana says even the "neo-tarzanist Buhari/Idiagbon military junta" did not disobey court orders like the Buhari administration.
Police managed to disperse hundreds of Shiites who demanded the release of their leader.
The Shiite leader has been held without charge since December 2015.
"The government had no legitimate reasons to detain El-Zakzaky in the first place..."
Mr. Zakzaky and wife could die if not given urgent medical attention, his followers say
"His left arm where he sustained gunshot wounds is still demobilized and the wounds are yet to heal."
The report confirmed that by any measure, the Zaria killings took place at an atrocious scale.
Mr. Zakzaky has been in detention since December, 2015 ithout being charged.
The group says it listed 730 members “missing” after the December 12 clash.
The controller says there are 191 followers of the Shi'ite sect in Kano prisons.
Over 30 members of the Shiite Islamic sect were killed by soldiers during a procession in Zaria on July 25.