The
police in Kaduna on Tuesday fired live bullets at members of the Islamic
Movement in Kaduna during a peaceful protest march demanding the release of the
illegally detained Sheikh Zakzaky.
Members
of the IMN had joined hundreds of thousand others across most of the towns in
Northern Nigeria in staging peaceful protests demanding for the immediate
release of Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, who is still being held in spite of a Court
judgement that ordered for his release.
The
procession started peacefully along Nnamdi Azikwe western bypass express way,
however on reaching Bakinruwa junction, a detachment of well-armed police
opened fire on the protesters, severely wounding a Muslim Sister in the leg.
Eye
witnesses confirmed that the police invited some thugs to join them in the
attack on IMN members, as has been their practice lately. However, the peaceful
protest was successfully brought to an end before the situation could get out
of control.
IMN
leaders have expressed shock and surprise at the use of force by the police in
Kaduna on peaceful citizens exercising their civil rights to protest, unlike in
other towns and state capitals such as Katsina, Bauchi, Gombe, Minna and other
places where such peaceful free Zakzaky protests were held and ended
peacefully.
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