Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), popularly known as shi’ites, marched through Kano on Saturday to protest US plans for possible military action in the country.
This week, US defence officials noted that the military has drawn up air and ground strike plans on Nigeria as part of President Donald Trump’s orders to prepare to intervene and “protect Christians from attack by Islamic militants”.
Trump warned that the US would enter Nigeria “guns-a-blazing” to protect the Christian population if the government “continued to ignore the attacks”.
Scores of protesters, men and women clad in jilbāb, moved through major roads in the city, waving Nigerian flags and dragging the US flag along the ground.
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Some carried placards and banners while others displayed effigies of the US president.
They rejected Trump’s claim that Christians were being targeted in Nigeria, accusing the US of wanting to control Nigeria’s natural resources.
Here are pictures from the protest.
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