Nigeria - Security at the main gate of the National Assembly was restored by personnel of the Nigerian Army following a clash between policemen and protesting members of a Shi’ite group, Islamic Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) on Wednesday.
The Shi’ite members converged at the National Assembly to protest the continued detention of their leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, by the government.
However, trouble broke out when police and other security personnel attached to the National Assembly attempted to disperse the protesters with tear gas.
The situation later degenerated into a free-for-fall as the protesters engaged the policemen in a scuffle.
When the confusion refused to abate after about an hour, men of the Guard Brigade were drafted to quell the fight while all gates leading to the National Assembly complex were locked.
The Shi’ite members later regrouped at the adjacent Ministry of Foreign Affairs to continue with the protest while some arrests were reportedly made by the police.
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