A sub-station of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) at the federal secretariat, Abuja, is currently on fire.
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Two vehicles of the agency have been consumed while firefighters are currently battling to put out the inferno.
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A witness told TheCable that aggrieved members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) better known as Shi’ites who were marching on the streets of Abuja set the sub-station ablaze after the police disrupted their protest.
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The protest, which began from NITEL junction at Wuse zone 2, was disrupted by armed policemen who cordoned off the road leading to the national assembly and three arms zone.
Bullets were fired at the protesters as they advanced towards the Eagle Square. A journalist was said to be among those shot but TheCable could not independently verify this as of the time this report was filed.
“I had to park my car and run for safety,” a resident said.
TheCable reporter counted at least two corpses at the scene of the attack.
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The IMN members better known as Shi’ites had hit major roads within the city to protest the continued detention of Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, their leader.
Most of the roads have been abandoned as many residents scuttled to safety.
In Nyanya, another part of the city, traffic is at standstill after the protesters embarked on a march along the major road in the area, pressing home their demands.
Men of the Nigeria police force are currently evacuating corpses of protesters who were shot dead in Abuja on Monday.
TheCable reporter counted at least six corpses that were evacuated around federal secretariat, Abuja. They were picked off the street and dumped into a Toyota Hilux van.
The police are chasing the protesters all over the streets shooting sporadically.
The Cable
