No fewer than 77 members of the Shiite Islamic sect were on Thursday dragged before different Magistrate courts in Kano following clashes between members of the sect and irate youths in the city on Wednesday.
The Jigawa State Government has suspended all forms of public processions in the state following clashes between youths and members of the Shiites in several states in the north.
Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, on Saturday embarked on a protest in Kaduna over the continued detention of the group's leader, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, his wife and other members.
The Commission of Inquiry set-up by the Kaduna State government to investigate the cause of the clash between members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, and soldiers last December, says both the Army and the leader of the group, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky are to blame for the incident.
