A Deputy Commissioner of Police in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja command is reported to have been killed in a clash with members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), otherwise known as the Shiites today, July 22.
Report by PRNigeria said that the deceased was Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations, Umar Usman.
He was said to have been killed by the protesters while trying to prevent the hostile action of destruction of property at the axis of the federal secretariat and three arms zone.
Consequently, security has been beefed off at the Force headquarters to prevent reprisal attacks over the arrest of scores of the protesters who are demanding the release of their spiritual sect leader, Ibraheem El Zakzaky.
