Police beef up security in Kaduna over Shiites

The police have beefed up security in Kaduna and its environs to contain
possible  ‘invasion’ by members of Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN),
popularly known as Shiites.

Residents woke up to discover heavy presence of armed security operatives
and deployment of bomb-detecting vehicles and armoured personnel carriers
in strategic locations within the metropolis.

The Shiites have sustained protests for weeks in respect of their
detained leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and wife who the Federal
Government are holding in defiance of extant court orders for their release.

Contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO) for the state
command, DSP Yakubu Sabo, said the heavy security “is just part of the
command’s recent proactive measures against crime and criminality.”