(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Nigeria Police attacked a number of protesters demanding the immediate and unconditional release of their spiritual and popular leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, who was illegally arrested by the Nigerian government last year.
The Shiite leader has been in detention without trial since over 350 of his followers were killed and hundreds arrested by Nigerian soldiers, in December which faced international condemnation.
On Wednesday, the peaceful protesters were chanting "free our leader free El-Zakzaky". They also chanted solidarity songs.
However, not long after the protesters gathered at the secretariat, security operatives fired tear gas to disperse them.
The court in the capital Abuja has ordered that the State Security Services free Zakzaky and his wife Zeenah and the deadline for doing so is 15 January 2017, but the State Security Services failed to release him on time.
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