Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), better known as Shiites, took to the streets of Niger State on Sunday to protest the reported k!lling of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Shiites in Nigeria are led by Ibrahim El-Zakzaky.
Khamenei was k!lled in coordinated airstrikes on Iran by the United States and Israel military.
Dozens of IMN members mobilised shortly after the news of Khamenei’s alleged d3ath filtered through social media channels.
In a video seen on Sunday, the followers of the Shi’a cleric, were seen chanting ‘freedom to Iran, d3ath to America ‘.
The protesters also marched through parts of the state chanting solidarity slogans and waving Iranian flags and placards bearing inscriptions such as “We Stand With Iran.”
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