Inside Nigeria
El-Zakzaky supporter shoots policeman at National Assembly
A police officer in Abuja is battling with survival at the hospital after a protesting supporter of detained Shiite leader Ibrahim Yaqoub El Zakzaky reportedly shot the police attached to the Nigeria’s National Assembly.
The unnamed policeman, who is currently in a critical condition at the National Assembly clinic, was reportedly shot with a gun snatched from a military personnel by the protester.
Vehicles and other valuables have already been destroyed.
As at the time of filing in this report, the tense situation was yet to be brought under control