The Police in FCT on Monday clashed with members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) after they stormed the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) demanding the release of their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky.
The police had on April 16 arrested 115 members of the sect during a violent protest in the territory.
A senior security officer said that the sect members had to be forcefully dispersed after all pleas to leave the area fell on deaf ears.
The sect members engaged the police with stones and other missiles and smashed glasses of some vehicles parked in and around the NHRC building.
They also pelted the police water cannon vehicle deployed to disperse them with stones, wounding some of the policemen, while some of the sect members ran into one of the uncompleted buildings beside the commission.
The police later called for re-enforcement, leading to deployment of more personnel with sniffer dogs to comb the building.
Some members of the sect were arrested in connection with the violent protest.
When contacted, spokesman of FCT Police Command, DSP Anjuguri Manzah, said that he had not gotten details of the incident and, therefore, declined further comments.

















