The Shiites were staging yet another in their series of protest over the continued detention of their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. The protest took place in Nyanya in the FCT and neighbouring Mararaba in Nasarawa State.
Mr El-Zakzaky was arrested in 2015 after members of his group had a confrontation with the motorcade of the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, in Zaria, Kaduna State. Over 300 Shiites were killed by the army in that incident, killings that have been condemned by rights groups including Amnesty International.
Members of the sect have since organised series of protests in different parts of the country to demand the release of their leader. The latest series saw them clash with troops in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) over the weekend.
On Sunday, the army confirmed that three members of the sect were killed on Saturday, while two soldiers sustained injuries when they clashed with troops at Zuba in the FCT. The army also confirmed three sect members were killed and four soldiers injured in the Monday incident.
The protest on Monday resulted in a gridlock that forced many residents closing from work in the Abuja municipal area to trek several kilometres from AYA to Maraba/ Nyanya and other neighbouring settlements.
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Why people dey form surprise sey dem see me with Shiite members dey protest. Na today?
I remember one of the great quotes of my great father. “Son wherever you see injustice fight it for it may boomerang and chop your head off”
Shiites are part of the oppressed in Nigeria.
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Charly Boy is known as an advocate of the masses as he has fought for the rights of the average Nigerian. He has on several occasions been tortured by the Nigerian police and the military for standing up to his country’s government. However he is also, on occasion, regarded as their friend, depending on the sensibility of those in power.
The army also confirmed three sect members were killed and four soldiers injured in the Monday incident.
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja recently ordered the police to pay Charly Boy N50million as compensation for the violation of his rights to dignity of the human person, freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association.
Charly Boy had accused the police of harassing him and members of the OurMumuDonDo movement during the #ResumeOrResign protest in Abuja on August 8, 2017.
An inspirational writer, Charly Boy focuses on various subjects in several newspapers including The Daily Post and his own publication Charly Boy Magazine, and has been known to write slogans on rocks in Abuja where he currently resides.
An avid supporter of Okada riders in Nigeria – an organisation that has been frowned on by government as they have been regarded as a menace and unsafe transportation – he has fought for the rights of Okada users – most of whom are poor individuals who earn their living by using the Okada for commercial purposes; he also stated that operators play a prominent role in government as most politicians engage their services during campaigns. His efforts earned him the name Area Fada.
In the mid-nineties Charly Boy fought for the rights of military pensioners during the Abacha-led military dispensation by marching to Defence headquarters in Abuja to demand payment of their pension arrears.
He has also fronted campaigns for Nigerian Widows, and was founder of the Save Nigeria from Nigeria campaign during the last presidential election[clarification needed]. During the Fuel Subsidy protest in 2012, he was arrested alongside six other activists for civil disobedience.
He was one of the celebrities who organised fundraisers to support his old friend Tyna Onwudiwe who would later die of lung cancer
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