Hello Nairalanders,

It sadden my heart to read conflicting reports on ever avoidable crises in Nigeria.
Why is it that every crises in Nigeria is always been given religions undertone?
Why do they take pleasure in broadcasting negative news about us and some time twist it to the world as if they live in the land of saints?

Check this news about Jos crises this morning and judge from there:-




Pandemonium in Jos, again •As elders halt Igbo youths’ planned protest over kinsman’s death


AS peace is gradually returning to Jos, Plateau State, there was pandemonium in some parts of the city on Thursday, following the alleged killing of a businessman by some people protesting the refusal of  the

natives to allow them to bury one of their kinsmen at a cemetery.



There had been a stampede in Jos on Monday over a minor squabble between the Hausa and the natives at Farin-Kada area of Jos North Local Government Area of the state, following the refusal by the natives to prevent them from burying one of their kinsmen at the cemetery in the area.

Nigerian Tribune learnt that in the course of the squabble, a man identified as a welder was attacked and burnt  before the intervention of the security men deployed in the area.

He was later identified to be an Igbo man, who owned a workshop within the vicinity of the incident. A  complaint was said to have been lodged at Katako police station after the incident.

Piqued by the development, Igbo youths, in Jos, in the early hours of Thursday, mobilised to protest the killing and what they saw as the nonchalant attitude of the police on the matter but were prevailed upon by the elders to suspend the demonstration and give the police more time.

However, before they yielded to the plea, there had been pandemonium as people hurriedly closed their business premises fearing that the suspended protest might snowball into another crisis.

Speaking with the Nigerian Tribune, the National President of Igbo Democratic Forum, Chief Chidi Ndu, said that the killing of the deceased, who he identified as Okechukwu, was a surprise to the Igbo community in Jos, adding that the minor squabble had nothing to do with the Igbo, because it was strictly between the Hausa and the natives.

Chief Ndu said the man was accosted in his workshop and killed in a barbaric manner, adding that immediately after the incident, a complaint was lodged at Katako police station without any positive response.

He added that the man who killed the welder was identified and also reported to the police immediately, adding that to the surprise of the people, the man was neither invited for questioning nor detained.

Ndu said the Igbo elders in the state were able to prevail on their youths to shelve the protest slated for Thursday as  peace-loving people and to give the police more time to carry out their investigation.

When Nigerian Tribune contacted the state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Lerama, he said the command was not aware of any complaint to that effect to the police but promised to cross check with the division concerned.

http://www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/front-page-news/1590-pandemonium-in-jos-again-as-elders-halt-igbo-youths-planned-protest-over-kinsmans-death.html


While BBC reported as :---


Nigerian troops end cemetery row
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Nigerian soldiers have moved in to halt a confrontation between Christians and Muslims at a cemetery near the city of Jos, where religious tensions are high.

Christians were trying to stop Muslims from burying a dead child in the Naraguta area.

The cemetery is claimed by both Muslims and Christians and the ownership is the subject of a court case.

More than 300 people died last month during days of rioting in Jos between the two religious groups.

Thousands of police and military personnel were deployed to control the violence.

The BBC's Ahmed Idris, in Abuja, says there is still a huge deployment of security forces in the area and tensions between the two communities remain high.

There were reports of stone-throwing and several arrests during the disturbances in Naraguta, which is 15km (9.3 miles) from Jos.

Muslims claim that the land they are now using as a cemetery was sold to them by Christians.

But Christian groups deny this and say they still own the land.

Jos, the capital of Plateau state, lies between Nigeria's mainly Muslim north and predominantly Christian south and has seen several outbreaks of sectarian violence in the recent past.

But analysts say the real cause of the violence is a struggle for political superiority in the city.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8519677.stm