Anti-France Protest Rocks Abuja As Muslim Sect Burn French Flag

The protest against France that has spread across the world following comment by President Emmanuel Macron has surfaced in Abuja, the Nigerian capital.
On Tuesday, members of an Islamic sect, Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), otherwise called Shiites, took the streets to protest against President Macron and republishing of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in a magazine.
The protest which kicked off from Nitel Junction was terminated at Wuse market as members of the sect n their numbers marched and were chanting anti-France songs.

The protesters also set ablaze the France national flag in the process to signify their anger against the country.
This led to confusion in the market as traders hurriedly locked up their shops to avoid any further attacks.
The Secretary of the Academic Forum of the movement, Abdullahi Musa, said the rally was aimed to condemn the action of the French President over the derogatory publication.
A statement by Sheikh Sidi Munir, a  follower of Sheik Zakzaky read:  “We set the France flag on fire in a reaction to the attack on Islam and Muslims by the President of France Emmanuel Macron since the heinous crime of publishing cartoons of the Prophet by the magazine Charlie Hebdo.

 “Hence we applaud the current campaign across Muslims and all lovers of peace and humanity.”
 As of the time of this report, there were no security agents on the ground.
 The Nigerian Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command had last Friday deployed anti-riot policemen and water canon to the national mosque in anticipation that the group would carry out the protest.