Killings in the North, the Region that Wants One Nigeria by all Means:
1)1980 May: 2467 Christians killed in Zaria.
2) 1980 December 18‐20 Riots in Kano. The Maitatsine sect, 4,177 were
killed.
3) 1982 September 29-October 3. Disturbances in Kaduna, Kaduna State.
53 killed and many churches were burned. 4) 1982 October 29‐30. Further trouble in Maiduguri, Borno State by the
Maitatsine sects. 118 died.
5) 1984 February 27-March 5. Disturbance in Yola, then Gongola State by
the Maitatsine sect, 568 died. Mostly Christians.
6) 1985 April 26‐28: Riot in Gombe, Bauchi State by the Maitatsine sect.
105 Mostly Christians died. 7) 1987 March 5th and following days. In Kafanchan, Kaduna State,
Christians and Muslims clash at the College of Education.100 Churches were
burnt.
1987 March. Katsina, Funtua, Zaria, Gussau and Kaduna (Kaduna State).
A wave of religious riots, many churches were burnt and property
destroyed, and many lives were lost. 9) 1991 April In Katsina, several lives were lost. Shiite sect in Katsina led by
Malam Yahaya Yakubu stired up trouble.
10)1991 April, in Tafawa Balewa University(Bauchi State) over 200 lives
were lost with properties and 20 churches destroyed.
11) 1991 October 14‐ 15. In Kano, the attempt of the Izala sect to stop
Rev. Bonnke from preaching became violent. Thousands of Christians died and property destroyed. Conservative estimates (3800)
12) 1992 February 6th and then May 15‐16: Zango Kataf, Zaria, Kaduna
State Communal clash becomes a religious clash, with lives and property
destroyed.
13) Funtua (Katsina State). Kalakato religious sect assaulted a village head.
50 lives were lost and properties destroyed. 14) 1999.May 20. Muslim‐Christian riots in Kaduna, for three days, several
hundred were feared dead. 3200 conservative estimate, mostly Christians.
15) 1999. July 18: Hausa and Yoruba riot in Shagamu, over 60 are killed.
This led to trouble in Kano where over 70 were killed.
16) 2000 August 11. About 200 were killed as the army intervened in
Taraba State. 18) 2000 October. Sharia Law in is introduced in Zamfara State.
19) 2000 February. Riots in Kaduna over the introduction of Sharia. Over
400 are killed. Mostly Christians.
20) 2001 September 7. Christian‐Muslim conflicts in Jos. Over 500 are
killed.
21) 2001 October 12‐14 In Kano, there were anti‐American riots, because of USA intervention in Afghanistan. At least 350 are killed Mostly Christians.
22) 2006 February:Sectarian violence sparked by cartoons of Islam’s most
revered figure spread to 11 Nigerian cities resulting in the burning of 28
churches and pushing the total death toll to more than 650.
Well, according to northerners, GEJ was responsible for the above history.
Their argument is that North has always been peaceful before the emergence of GEJ. The above recap shows North has always enjoyed
spilling the blood of innocent Nigerians mostly Christians, yet they want
one Nigeria. What an irony