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Published 8 May 2021
Olalekan Adetayo and Solomon Odeniyi
Published 8 May 2021
Amid fear of an imminent Boko Haram attack in the Federal Capital Territory, visitors were barred from entering the Federal Secretariat Complex, Phase I located in the Three Arms Zones, Abuja.
One of our correspondents, who monitored events in front of one of the gates for about 30 minutes on Friday, observed that men of the Nigerian Legion as well as the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps were seen ensuring that only civil servants with identification cards were granted access onto the premises.
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Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command said yesterday that one police officer was killed while 49 members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria were arrested during a protest by the group in Abuja.
A police officer, ASP Adama Ezekiel, has been killed in a protest by members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) on Saturday in Abuja.
The Public Relations Officer of the FCT Command, Marian Yusuf, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, announced the death of Ezekiel in a statement.
She said the police succeeded in restoring calm at Berger Roundabout after “professionally dispersing a violent protest by the proscribed IMN.”
“Unfortunately, the members of the disbanded sect went on a rampage destroying public property and attacking innocent citizens including police officers using dangerous weapons such as cutlasses, sharp knives, etc,
“Sadly, one of the police officers, ASP Adama Ezekiel, deployed to restore calm during the violent protest, paid the supreme price as a result of the brutal attack where he was stabbed by one of the irate protesters.
Fani-Kayode made the remark while insisting that Gumi was a terrorist.
In a tweet, the former minister warned against trusting the Islamic scholar.
He wrote: “Sheik Ahmad Gumi is the physical manifestation and living personification of unadulterated and pure evil.
“He speaks peace but war is in his heart.
“Behind his seemingly gentle visage and soft words lies a hungry and insatiable wolf that thirsts for blood.
“He is the quintessential Janjaweed terrorist: a man with no morals and no scruples.
“He reminds me of the Pied Piper of Hamlin that led the children away. Those who trust him do so at their own peril.”