The Shi’ite Islamic Movement Monday continued its procession to Zaria
in Kaduna State despite losing some of its members in a bomb attack last
week.
About 20 members of the group died when two suicide bombers attacked the
group during its procession from Kano to Zaria on Friday.
The bombers, who pretended to be members of the sect, set off the bombs
at Dakasonye village in Garun Mallam Local Government of Kano State.
Business activities were paralysed for about five hours on Monday in
Kaduna State as some members of the group marched from Birnin-Gwari and
some other neigboruing towns to Zaria to attend the grand Arba’deen
lecture to be delivered by the group’s leader, Ibraheem Zakzaky on
December 3.
They also marched through Nnamdi Azikiwe Road in the Kaduna metropolis
before joining the Kaduna-Zaria Expressway.
The sect members, comprising mainly children below 15 years and women,
were singing “Hussainiyya” praise songs. There were also babies being
pushed on baby wheels.
Motorists were forced to park for almost five hours to allow the sect
members go through the roads before resuming their journeys.
A traveller, who lamented the situation,said that the sect
chose the wrong day to embark on the exercise.
“Monday is always a busy day all over the world,” he said. “I have been
here for the past 4 hours and they are still moving. We never moved an
inch and yet they are not here.”
Members of the Shiite group undertake the symbolic trek yearly to
commemorate the 40th day of Ashura.
Ashura is organised to mourn Imam Husain, grandson of the Prophet
Muhammad, killed by the army of Yazid, son of Mu’awiyyah in 61 AH.
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