Police deny Shiites Protester death claims in Kaduna.

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The President Media Forum of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim Musa, declared that three of their members were killed in Kaduna.

But, the Kaduna State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo,  narrated  the claim as “a blatant lies.”

He said that the IMN was used to making such frivolous claims in the past, and that “has been their tradition.”

According to the police , there was no report of casualties.

DSP Sabo said, “Its a blatant lie. The police didn’t kill anybody.  Police only dispersed some hoodlums that were sighted along Bakin Ruwa staging a protest.

“If you remember, we came out with a warning yesterday (Monday) that the  IMN has been proscribed both by the Federal and the Kaduna State Governments.

“So, when we received information that they are going to stage a protest today, we warned them not to come out because police will not allow anybody under any guise to stage any protest.

“But some of them refused to heed to the warning. We received information this morning that some of them were sighted along Bakin Ruwa and our men went and dispersed them successfully.

“There was no report of any casualties. And that was what they have been looking for; to come out and when police dispersed them, they will be making frivolous claims. It has been their tradition.”