Two police officers have lost their lives while three others are unconscious following a clash between police operatives and members of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria, popularly known as the Shiites in the Wuse area of Abuja.
The command’s spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said: “The FCT police command wishes to confirm an unprovoked att@ck by the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria, popularly known as the ‘Shi’ite’ group, on some personnel of the Nigeria Police Force attached to FCT command at Wuse Junction by traffic light, where two police personnel were k+lled, three left unconscious in the hospital, and three Police patrol vehicles set ablaze.
The proscribed organisation att@cked the police checkpoint unprovoked, wielding machetes, improvised explosive devices (locally made bombs in bottles with kerosene), and knives.”
Watch a scene from the crisis here.
