One Feared Dead As Police, Shiites Clash In Abuja

At least, one person was feared dead and many others injured, yesterday, during a clash between the police and members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria popularly known as Shiites.
The incident was said to have taken place at the Maitama area of the Federal Capital Territory near the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
During the protest, the police were said to have fired shots and teargas canisters to disperse the Shiites and in the process, one of them was hit by a bullet.
Smokes of the canisters billowed the air while the sounds of gunshots rented the air.
The President, Academic Forum of IMN, Abdullahi Mohammed, said that many people were injured during the incident.
According to him, IMN would soon be releasing a statement on the incident.
Efforts to get the police to respond were unsuccessful.
However, a Kaduna State High Court, yesterday, adjourned the trial of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim el-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, until March 8 and 9.
The adjournment followed Justice Gideon Kurada’s ruling in an application by the counsel to defendants, Mr Eddie Inegedu, representing Mr Femi Falana, requesting for time to preview a video brought to court by two prosecution witnesses.
Inegedu told newsmen after the trial, that the court admitted one of the two witnesses brought by the prosecution.
He said the second witness was not admitted because the defence team needed time to preview the documentary evidence (video) brought by the witness, a former legislator at the Kaduna State House of Assembly.
It would be recalled that Justice Kurada had on January 25, ordered that Zeenat who tested positive to Covid-19 be evacuated to a government-approved isolation and treatment centre.
The counsel to defendants, Mr Femi Falana, presented the results of the test before the court, and applied that Zeenat, the second defendant in the trial who tested positive for the virus be availed proper medical care.