A secondary school student was shot on Wednesday when policemen who
were dispersing protesting members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria
(IMN ) opened fire at Wuse market in Abuja.
The girl was returning from Government Secondary School, Wuse, when
she ran into the policemen dispersing the crowd.
A witness said a policeman identified as Geoffrey A. Rafah was the one
who mistakenly shot the victim but TheCable could not independently
verify this claim.
Two journalists, who were covering the incident, were arrested. One of
the arrested reporters is Afolabi Sotunde of Reuters.
Anjuri Manzah, spokesman of the federal capital territory (FCT) police
command, was not available for comments as of the time this report was
filed.
In July, the federal government outlawed IMN following a clash between
IMN members and security operatives.
A journalist, Precious Owolabi and Deputy Commissioner of Police,
Usman Umar were among those killed during the protest which held in
Abuja.
IMN members have been protesting over the detention of Ibraheem
El-Zakzaky, their leader, who has been in detention since 2015.
