A combined team of security operatives including soldiers and Nigeria Police Force personnel on Friday in Abuja dispersed members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) popularly known as "Shiites" during the Ashura procession injuring two persons. The group embarked on their procession from Banex Plaza shortly after the Juma’at service to commemorate Ashura but they were abruptly dispersed by armed security operatives who fired teargas canisters and live ammunition to disperse them.