Every year a matam gathering is organised during Ashura in various places across the world including here in Nigeria (in many cities). Since before the 1st of Muharram, the Kaduna state government had been trying____ by positioning police officers and mopol on every road leading to the Markaz( an Islamic Centre) in Kaduna where the Muharram gatherings are usually held from the 7th of Muharram to the day of the Ashura processions. The brothers and sisters didn’t waver in attending the gathering despite the clear intimidation of the government, and intet on killing those who didn’t succumb to their intimidation.
(Alumma/Yan uwa)? Came out for the procession as is usual annually, but the police didn’t attacked or try to hinder it as it was ongoing as many anticipated, they waited till some brothers returned to the Markaz, then started firing teargas until the air was so filled with it that some/many present fainted, and despite that the brothers tried their best to protect the place and each other. They sent in the mob they hired to physically attack the people inside and demolish the building.
At the same time, they sent the mob to the central Fudiyyah school nearby the Markaz, which was also demolished, though there was no one in it at the time.
In the markaz, many brothers were arrested especially those that fainted, some were martyred like brothers Abdulmumin Ilyas and Muhammad Sani Adam.