Last updated: 18 august, 2009 - 05:54 GMT

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BBC Network Africa has managed to get an explanation from Nigeria's police for a raid on a settlement run by a Muslim community known as Darul Islam.

The raid, in Niger state in the centre of the country, was on Saturday and came in the wake of a bloody confrontation with members of another Muslim sect - Boko Haram - last month.

The police say that Darul Islam was a threat to security in the state.

Chris Ewokor reports.

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