A large number of Muslim brotherhood Movement from Zamfara, Kebbi,
Sokoto and areas of Katsina State on Saturday began an 83-kilometre trek
to Zaria in Kaduna State. Talking with newsmen at the starting
place in Funtua, Katsina State, leader of the exercise, Malam Qasim
Sanda, stated that the exercise was to commemorate the martyrdom of the
grandchild of Prophet Muhammad, Imam Hussaini ibn Aliyu, who was simply
killed in Karbala in the current Iraq.
