At least one person was killed on Monday as the police and members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shiites, collide again in Abuja.
A Channels Television news-man was also hit by a bullet.
The Shiites also set a sub-station of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) at the federal secretariat, Abuja, on fire, after the police broke their protest.
Properties worth about N200 million was said to have been lost in the clash with two vehicles of the agency also set ablaze.
Rumours are suggesting that the number of deaths in the riot could be as many as seven(7).
The protest, which began from NITEL junction at Wuse 2, was interupted by armed policemen who have cordoned the road leading to the National Assembly and three arms zone.
The group is protesting the denial of the Federal Government to discharge its leader, Ibrahim El Zakzaky, and his spouse, who have been in detention since 2015.
Shiites and the police had first collide on July 9 after they derive entrance into the premises of the National Assembly.
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