The Ashura day: Nigerian way

Ok wait. I recently posted about the way the Indians mark their own way of Ashura tradition. See post here But on the contrary to my country Nigeria, the Ashura day is marked by series of bomb blasts across the nation inflicting pain and sorrow to families and innocent individuals. 

Yesterday in Yobe State, Members of Shi’ite sect can be see celebrating Muharram, the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammed (SAW) in Bauchi.

 An injured shiite member is seen sitting on the ground after a suicide blast in the northeast Nigerian town of Potiskum on November 3, 2014. At least 15 people were killed and over 50 injured when a suicide bomber detonated explosives at at a ceremony marking Ashura, the annual commemoration of the killing of Husseyn, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed. Six other people were killed when soldiers opend fire on the mourners fleeing the scene, according to a shiite cleric and witnesses .

According the Vangaurdngr.com the  a statement saying “Yobe State Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam has been informed of an attack in Potiskum town on Monday (yesterday) during an annual procession of members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, marking Ashurah. The governor notes that those behind the attack are criminals who want to fan the embers of religious discord. He called on all the people of the state to remain calm and vigilant.

Maybe the Governor is right or maybe he is not .... All am trying to say is there shouldn't be any cause anyone should carry out such barbaric acts on innocent souls. Stay to your beliefs and practice your beliefs on yourselves….. Q.E.D