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Nigerian Muslims mark Arba’een with symbolic march near Abuja

Danjuma Abdullahi
Press TV, Suleja

Hundreds of mourners from various cities converged in Suleja to complete the several kilometers of trek they started to mark the fortieth day since the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein.

Imam Hussein and seventy-two of his loyal companions were martyred at the battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq.


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