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Youth group calls for release of Sheikh Zakzaky

Saturday, 02 February 2019 12:31 AM [ Last Update: Saturday, 02 February 2019 12:36 AM ]

Members of Islamic Movement in Nigeria take part in a demonstration against the detention of their leader Ibrahim El-Zakzaky in Abuja on January 22, 2019. (AFP)

Danjuma Abdullahi
Press TV, Abuja

Members of a youth group in Nigeria have staged a protest to condemn the security forces’ crackdown on Muslims. Participants also demanded the release of prominent Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky who has been in jail since December 2015. Press TV correspondent Danjuma Abdullahi reports from the Nigerian capital Abuja.

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