Reports reaching us confirmed that @elrufai, fresh from the pains of being de-invited to the annual conference of the NBA & the support of that by the Islamic Movement, has sent a combined forces of armed men...
#AshuraInNigeria
Those killed are: Abubakar Talle, Ali Rigasa, and an unnamed person, with many people injured by gunshots. The police also vandalise the vehicles of those who attended the mourning session.
A police vehicle caught fire after it fell into @hrw@SaharaReporters#AshuraInNigeria
It is quite inhuman of the Nigerian @PoliceNG to arrest admitted patients, even receiving treatment, at a hospital only for them to detain the victims without such medical attention elsewhere.
#MassacreInAbuja
@Amnesty International in a statement said it got a report that “six people were shot dead amid a reckless use of lethal force by the Nigerian police @PoliceNG” during the protest.
#MassacreInAbuja
With respect to the attack against Free Zakzaky protesters on 22 July, 2019, the @PoliceNG open fire on innocent protesters at the Federal Secretariat and killed 6 people instantly and evacuated all the corpses to National Hospital in Abuja.
#MassacreInAbuja
Followers of Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky staged #FreeZakzaky protest in commemoration of 1-year anniversary of Federal Secretariat killings by Nigerian securities, which they killed dozens of peaceful protesters. The first since 22/7/2019, at the Secretariat.
22/07/2020.
As a result of fatal gun shots, Zakzaky lost one eye and the other eye was in critical condition needing urgent medical intervention. He has bullets that have not been removed from his body.
His wife Zeenat was suffering from Osteo-arthritis.
#ZakzakyLifeMatters@NigeriaGov
Sheikh El-Zakzaky and Muallima Zeenah continue to be held in illegal detention despite a 2016 Nigerian federal high court ruling their detention to be unlawful and unconstitutional admist global pandemic.
#ZakzakyLifeMatters
Sheikh Zakzaky first attended Fada Provincial Arabic School, Zaria, in 1969-1971. Students used to spend four years at the school before graduation, but Zakzaky was able to complete his study in just a matter of two years.
#FreeZakzaky#ZakzakyLifeMatters