{"id":9638,"date":"2018-04-04T23:23:41","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T05:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=9638"},"modified":"2018-04-04T23:23:41","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T05:23:41","slug":"releasezakzaky-protesters-block-roads-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/releasezakzaky-protesters-block-roads-in-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"#ReleaseZakzaky: Protesters block roads in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"lx-stream-post__header gs-o-media\">\n<div class=\"gs-o-media__body\">\n<p class=\"lx-stream-post__header-title gel-great-primer-bold\">Hundreds of people took to the streets of Nigeria&#8217;s capital, Abuja, earlier today to protest against the continued detention of pro-Iranian Shia leader Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky.<\/p>\n<p>The crowd converged near Eagles Square &#8211; at the entrance to the civil service secretariat&#8217;s main building.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"lx-stream-post__body gel-body-copy\">\n<div class=\"lx-rta \">\n<div class=\"lx-stream-post-body\">\n<p>The protest blocked off the main roads to the secretariat, leading to a heavy traffic hold-up for motorists going into the city centre.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters say they have been prevented by the police from holding their daily rally at their usual venue, Unity Fountain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"lx-stream-post-body lx-stream-post-body__embed gs-u-clearfix \">\n<div class=\"lx-stream-embed\">\n<div class=\"lx-social-embed\">\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-6\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--edge EmbeddedTweet--mediaForward media-forward js-clickToOpenTarget js-tweetIdInfo tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\">\n<article class=\"MediaCard\n           MediaCard--mediaForward\n\n           customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaContainer js-cspForcedStyle\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaAsset ImageGrid ImageGrid--3 ImageGrid--roundedTop\"><a class=\"ImageGrid-image ImageGrid-image-1 CroppedImage CroppedImage--fillWidth\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/real1900s\/status\/981290894379929606\/photo\/1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CroppedImage-image js-cspForcedStyle\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DZ4-vlLWsAApd6g?format=jpg&amp;name=240x240\" alt=\"View image on Twitter\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><a class=\"ImageGrid-image ImageGrid-image-2 CroppedImage CroppedImage--fillWidth\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/real1900s\/status\/981290894379929606\/photo\/1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CroppedImage-image js-cspForcedStyle\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DZ4-0QrW4AAAzJU?format=jpg&amp;name=240x240\" alt=\"View image on Twitter\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The police say they have been ordered to block the fountain, and would not allow any rally to be held there.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Zakzaky was arrested along with his wife in 2015 in a military crackdown which led to more than 300 members of his Shia group, the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), being killed.<\/p>\n<p>The military accused the group of trying to assassinate the army chief. It denied the allegation.<\/p>\n<p>BBC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of people took to the streets of Nigeria&#8217;s capital, Abuja, earlier today to protest against the continued detention of pro-Iranian Shia leader Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky. The crowd converged near Eagles Square &#8211; at the entrance to the civil service secretariat&#8217;s main building. 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