The son of the Bellwether of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, additionally kenned as Shiite, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, Mahmud, was among the five people killed as members of the sect reportedly clashed with soldiers on Friday in Zaria, Kaduna State.
Eyewitnesses verbalized the sect’s members were on a procession to mark the annual Quds day and at the same time to condemn the military operations in Gaza by Israel, which commenced on July 8.
It was accumulated that trouble commenced when there was a dissension between the sect and the soldiers at a checkpoint around the PZ roundabout in Zaria.
The soldiers were verbalized to have fired several warning shots, but the protesters were unmoved and defied the order of the soldiers.
At this point, the soldiers were verbally expressed to have opened fire on the protesters and Mahmud El-Zakzaky, one of the bellwethers of the protest, was hit by hay of bullets.
Mahmud’s younger brother, Ahmed El-Zakzaky, was among the dozens of people apprehended by the military.
A security source, who craved for anonymity because he was not sanctioned to verbalize on the matter, attested the incident but verbalized the ascendant entities of the Army were studying the situation.
As of the time of filing this report, there was discombobulation in the archaic city of Zaria.
This is coming in the wake of a twin bomb blasts in Kaduna, which claimed over 75 lives.
