Nigeria, May 6 -- The Islamic sect, Shiites Movement, has petitioned the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, and the National Assembly, alleging the killing of its members by the police and Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State.

In the petition dated 23 April and addressed to Mr Ribadu, the Senate President and the Speaker, House of Representatives, the Shi'ites said, on 5 April, while on a peaceful pro-Palestinian protest in Kaduna, armed police operatives allegedly shot at them, killing seven of its members.

But the police and Governor Sani have denied the allegation.

According to the petition signed by head of Shi'ites' Resource Forum of Islamic Movement, Abdullahi Danladi, a professor, the police officers' attack on the prote...