JUST IN: El-Zakzaky: FCT police arrest 400 Shiites members in Abuja

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Molly Kilete, Abuja

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command said it has arrested over 400 members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) who, it said, had been disrupting the peace of the city for about five days running.

The arrested Shiites members, who were being paraded by the police, were said to have been in possession of petrol bombs and illicit drugs and other dangerous weapons at the time of their arrest.

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