Nigeria: Our Stance On El-Zakzaky, Shiites - Senate

A member of the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Betty Apiafi, said the demands of a Shiite group is beyond the National Assembly.

She made this statement when some members of the committee briefed journalists at the National Assembly on Wednesday. The delegation led by its chairman, Adedayo Adeyeye, was reacting to the invasion of the National Assembly by the protesting Shiites, members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria.

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