Nigerian Shiite Muslim spokesman speaks after clashes with police
By AFP
12 July 2019 |
3:00 pm
A spokesman for the Islamic Movement in Nigeria recounts his side of clashes that took place between Shiite Muslims and security forces around Nigeria's parliament building, over the imprisonment of Shiite cleric Ibrahim Zakzaky.
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