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July 22, 2019
The security personnel at the National Assembly Complex were on Monday positioned in strategic locations to prevent breakdown of law and order as members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, also known as Shiite clashed with police officers in Abuja.
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Membersof the sect who are demanding the release of their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky,who has been in detention for about three years, violently clashed withsecurity operatives at the Federal Secretariat.
Security operatives within the premises of theNational Assembly including the Sergeant-at-Arms shut down the entrance of thecomplex, diverting vehicular movement to alternative routes.
Sameprotesters on Tuesday, July 9, had almost invaded the NASS premises throwingstones, vandalised private and public properties and injured three policemen inthe process.
Theinjured security personnel were rushed to the NASS clinic and later to theNational Hospital Abuja where they are still receiving treatments.