Media and Communications Officer of the
Special Task Force, also known as ‘Operation Safe Haven’, Capt. Ikedichi
Iweha, has said that one person was killed and several others injured
in Jos as rival Muslim youths
clashed with members of the Shi’ite movement who had protested the
continued detention of their leader, Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky.
Subsequently, Iweha said that the
Commander of the task force, Maj. Gen. Tagbo Udeh, has ordered a ban on
all forms of processions and rallies in the state, adding that such
rallies or processions must get the permission of the police.
Hundreds of Shi’ite women, all clad in
black, had staged a protest in Jos on Saturday, demanding the release of
El-Zakzaky, his wife and members of the movement that were arrested
when they clashed with soldiers on December 12, in Zaria, Kaduna State
for proper medical attention.
