Shi'ites Hold Procession In Abuja To Mark ‘Arbaeen Trek’.
The movement said it would not surrender to the “injustice, oppression and tyranny of the President Muhammnadu Buhari-led government” and would continue to resist with its last drop of blood. The Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) popularly known as “Shi’ites” on Saturday staged a peaceful procession in Abuja, the nation's capital to mark its annual Arbaeen Symbolic Trek, amid fear and anxiety among residents. The movement said it would not surrender to the “injustice, oppression and tyranny of the President Muhammnadu Buhari-led government” and would continue to resist with its last drop of blood The procession which kicked off from Wuse Zone 3 was terminated at the popular Julius Berger Roundabout without any incident of attack by the security agents Arbaeen is a Shiites’ annual religious practice usually conducted on the 20th Safar of the Islamic calendar to mark the 40th day of the murder of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammed who was killed on the 10th Muharram. The ...