•Why we opened fire on protesters — Army •Army killed our members without provocation — Shi’ites •IMN members came into Abuja with petrol bombs — Police By Kingsley Omonobi, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Joseph Erunke & Luminous Jannamike ABUJA—The clash between members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, otherwise known as Shi’ites, and security agencies in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, continued yesterday, as protesting Shi’ites set a Police patrol vehicle ablaze along Adetokunbo Ademola Way, Wuse Zone 2, Abuja. The Shi’ites had on Monday, engaged soldiers at Nyanya, while on procession from Mararaba, Nasarawa State, and the confrontation led to several deaths on the part of the Shi’ites and injuries to at least four of the soldiers. A Police patrol car set ablaze during the clash of IMN members with men of the security agencies in Abuja, yesterday. Photo: Olugbemiga Olamikan. But a senior member of the IMN’s Media Forum, Dr. Shuaibu Musa, told Vanguard, yesterday, that no fewer than 17 of their members were killed in the Monday clash, while six were killed on Sunday. The military gave a casualty figure of three (3). The clash with the Police yesterday came as the Nigerian Army, late Monday night, explained why soldiers used live bullets on the protesting Shi’ites. Trouble started again, yesterday, as the IMN members, who were on a march along Adetokunbo Ademola Way, Wuse Zone 2, engaged policemen that were positioned to prevent a breakdown of law and order. Vanguard gathered that as soon as the protesters sighted the policemen, they started throwing missiles, including stones, bottles and other dangerous objects at them. An eyewitness told Vanguard that a petrol bomb was thrown at one of the new patrol cars recently donated to the police by Dangote Group of Companies, which burnt it completely. A senior Police officer, who spoke on grounds of anonymity, said the policemen being attacked had to call for reinforcement, which led to arrest of no fewer than 400 of the IMN members. The officer said those arrested had been detained at the Federal SARS facility in Abuja from where they will be arraigned in court. The suspects



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