Ten persons were killed as tensions escalated at the Julius Berger area of Abuja on Sunday following a violent clash between members of the El Zakzaky movement, also known as Shiites, and officers of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, reports are saying.

Police officers were among the dead, while several others sustained gunshot injuries, it was gathered.

Chaos erupted when members of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), identified as the Shiite group, allegedly attacked a police checkpoint at Wuse junction.

According to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, the assailants were armed with machetes, knives, and improvised explosive devices, described as locally made bombs in bottles filled with kerosene.

The clash led to the destruction of police patrol vehicles, with three vehicles set ablaze in the violent encounter.

In response, police officers engaged the group in a fierce battle to regain control of the area.

Motorists traveling through the affected routes were forced to take alternative paths to avoid the violence and potential damage to their vehicles.

The situation caused significant disruptions to traffic flow in the vicinity.

Josephine Adeh, the Police Public Relations Officer for the FCT Command, confirmed the incident in a statement, noting that the attack left two police officers dead, three others unconscious and receiving treatment at a hospital, and three patrol vehicles destroyed.

“The proscribed group attacked the police checkpoint unprovoked. Several arrests have been made, and Benneth Igweh, the Commissioner of Police, has condemned the attack, vowing to bring those responsible to justice.

“The situation is currently under control, and normalcy has been restored to the area”, Adeh stated.

As the investigation continues, the police have assured the public that any further developments will be promptly communicated.

For now, the FCT Police Command remains on high alert, closely monitoring the situation to prevent any further outbreaks of violence.

https://businessday.ng/news/article/ten-dead-as-shiites-police-clash-in-abuja/

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What are security operatives waiting for.

The military should be involved. Police action is not enough.


These people are very good for shooting target practice.

Speechless

Anything that causes harm to members of the Nigeria Police Force is highly welcomed. May they reap the evil they sow. Speedy recovery to the injured Shiites

Country is burning

And Tinubu is flexing his ill gotten jet in Paris

Clueless president

Lol 😂

mummyson26:
Speechless

Speaks volumes!!

What a country

Wetin them want?

One day one problem for this country.

Failure of Intel. Exactly how does a group know for violence, plan and carry out a procession right in the heart of the FCT and non of the security arms could even gather Intel about it?

And still no one will be fired for this.

AmalaAtiEwedu:
What are security operatives waiting for.

The military should be involved. Police action is not enough.


These people are very good for shooting target practice.

What are you good for

Voting illiterates as presidents who can't safeguard the country

This is very serious

techbro1:
Anything that causes harm to members of the Nigeria Police Force is highly welcomed. May they reap the evil they sow. Speedy recovery to the injured Shiites

Sadly, I totally agree with you. I’m not a fan of the Shiites but the Nigerian Police is a rotten, corrupt, murderous, illiterate, lazy, incompetent, useless, dirty, satanic… criminal outfit. It’s not only the architect of its own misfortune but the author of our collective insecurity and doom. They deserve whatever evil that befalls them because they’re evil personified.

Always clashing with people

Y proscribe. Shiites

I hope govt will not be blame for this again

AmalaAtiEwedu:
What are security operatives waiting for.

The military should be involved. Police action is not enough.


These people are very good for shooting target practice.

Shame on you. This are your country men.

Extra judicial killing is never a solution even the police knows better.

People like you chaired on Joseph nwafor when he was killing the the eastern youths extra judiciously . Today he can not come out in public to boldly identify himself. Get sense, the table of life turns and it can turn on anybody.

So sad, they left home to work with the hope of coming back home to meet their families and this 😢 😢

Policemen stationed at checkpoints or deployed within our cities really need to ALWAYS be at ALERT regardless of how friendly or peaceful their immediate environment could be.

Family problems

zombieHUNTER:


What are you good for

Voting illiterates as presidents who can't safeguard the country

I should have voted a 3rd class graduate who can’t resurrect his burnt Mall to come and manage Nigeria abi? Olodo

Amo wa se nkan nilu yi o.

oops

I dey come... Make I reason who I go support

Human life is nothing in Nigeria

crestedaguiyi:


Shame on you. This are your country men.

Extra judicial killing us never a solution even the police knows better

Those creatures don’t deserve even euthanizing.

C

Police must have provoked these people and they retaliated... Why would Nigerian police lie that it was an attack without provocation

Does that makes sense

This Islam has really cost the world so much.
I have lots of Muslim friends, maybe because they’re westerners and educated, they’re the only reason I believe not all Muslim are terrorist.
But this particular Islamic religion is too much for us to bear.
Yes, I’ve been to Dubai and it’s so peaceful, but what we have in northern Nigerian is enough reason to declare that religion illegal.
This is too much.
Christianity is not 100% peaceful, but atleast far from this terror and chaos.
If you’re a Muslim, do you sometimes feel ashamed within yourself of what your religion stand for.

Won tun de

techbro1:
Anything that causes harm to members of the Nigeria Police Force is highly welcomed. May they reap the evil they sow. Speedy recovery to the injured Shiites

Terrorist spotted