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BREAKING: POLICE, SHIITE PROTESTERS CLASH IN ABUJA

File photo of Shiite protesters

Police in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has again clashed with protesters of El-Zakzaky Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) also known as Shiites.

The protesters during the clash with the security agents in Maitama area of Abuja threw stones and other objects, thereby causing damage to cars and buildings in the area.
The police agents teargassed the protesters in order to disperse them.
The Islamic movement has been agitating for the release of their leader, Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, who has been in detention since December 2016.
The protesters were reported to have earlier stormed National Communications Commission (NCC).
Several of the protesters have been arrested.
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