IGP orders immediate arrest of Shi’ite leaders nationwide

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, at the weekend, ordered all the Police formations nationwide to commence the immediate arrest of all identified leaders of the outlawed Islamic Movement in Nigeria, (IMN), otherwise known as the Shi’ite sect.

The directive was contained in a signal from the Force Headquarters to all State Police Commands and Zonal Headquarters, dated August 30, 2019, which directed immediate strict compliance. 

While directing the immediate dismantling of all the structures of the disbanded group nationwide, the IGP declared that Force under his watch would not allow the Shi’ite members to violate the proscription of the sect by the court. 

The IGP blamed the group for the July 22 riot during which the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of operations, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, Umar Usman and a youth corps member, Precious Owolabi, were killed. 

The Police had earlier arrested 54 Shi’ite members after the July 22 violent clash between force and the IMN members in Abuja.

The Shi’ites were protesting the detention of their leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky who had been in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) for over three years. 

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