Molly Kilete, Abuja
There was sporadic gunshots and pandemonium on Monday afternoon at the ever-busy AYA-Nyanya road as soldiers and police personnel stopped members of the Shiites group who had been trying to gain access into Abuja from doing so.
The Shiite members, in their hundreds, had assembled at Nyanya, where they began a procession and barricaded the road thereby preventing motorists and other road users from accessing the road.
Their presence naturally raised tension among traders and commercial vehicle operators in the area who abandoned their vehicles and goods and ran for dear life.
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The soldiers were reportedly called in after the police battled unsuccessfully to chase the Shiite members away.
The Shiites members reportedly threw stones and other dangerous weapons at the policemen injuring some in the process.
The soldiers shot into the air to…
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