₦airaland Forum

blackboy:
And what is the media trying to tell us by this? They are victims of a genocide? Or they are now the victims? Every life is important. From evidence these people are usually (90%) on the offensive.
God knows all. God have mercy

Obviously, the miserable cvnt that created the thread is a fulani sympathizer.

Kobicove:
Allegations and counter-allegations!

I am a Christian....and this is what I see. Many of us don't live in or have never seen a Southern Kaduna, but rely on uncensored media reports....so it's a case of who makes the largest noise.

My tots are that the two sects Southern Kaduna indigenes (who are either Christian or probably not) and Hausa Fulani (who are either herdsmen or probably not) attack each other. Whoever can tell his story the "loudest" get attention

ITbomb:
In a country that cares about its citizens, there should be a database of citizens.
What if we can connect these ones praying to any future retaliatory killings

Fantastic point! Much more what if we can connect a face captured on camera to a database via a face recognition system to see those people inciting and involved in the voilence?

Am seeing heaps of soil to plant yam nd cassava

xtreemk:
SOUTHERN KADUNA: WHO ARE THE REAL VICTIMS?

Muhammad Auwal Abu Suhaib Jama’a town was founded by the Muslims in 1804 under the Ruler ship of Malam Usman Yabo and similarly Zango town by the Hausa Muslims traders. Therefore, the crises in the region is a grand design to completely wipe-out the Muslims and Muslim Communities in the area by the Christians Militias taking advantage of their numerical strength. It is important to note that, the Districts of Zangon Kataf, Kachia, Kagarko and Chawai referred to as at then as Southern Zaria were under Zazzau Emirate until the creation of Chiefdom by the administration of Colonel Lawal Ja’afaru Isa in 1995 and the additional by Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi in 2001.

The Catalogue of Crises in Southern Kaduna include:-

 The kasuwan Magani Episodic Massacre of Muslims 1979/80, 19 people were killed all of them Muslims.

 The Kaduna Strife 1982

 The Jere incidence of 1983

 The Gure/kahugu and Yarkasuwa Crisis 1984

 The Kafanchan Crisis of 1987, which spread to Kaduna, Zaria, Ikara, Funtua, Katsina etc

¤1992 Zango Kataf Genocide.

 The kafanchan attack of 1999 against installation of the New Emir of Jama'a: 54 Muslims were Massacred.

 The February and May 2000 Kaduna Carnage and the massive killing of Muslims in February 23, 2000 in Kachia.

 The 2005 Merciless attack on the Muslims in Mariri, town-lere Local Government. Eleven Muslims killed and over 155 houses destroyed.

 The Post2011 Presidential Election Violence in some parts of the state which resulted in the cleansing of
Muslims in Zonkuwa town, which is still fresh in our memories.

 The 2013 Crises resulting in the killing of 11 Muslims in Kafanchan, Sanga and Kachia.

 The 2016 crises resulting in the killing of 84 Muslims in Samarun Kataf and another 4 in Dangoma.

 The Muslims towns of Zango, Zonkwa, Matsirga, Sabon Gora, Television, Sabon Tasha, Marrabar Rido were completely wiped out and the next target is Kafanchan another strong hold of the Muslims in Southern Kaduna.

 The Persistent communal clashes between the Pastoral and Farmers in the Southern Senatorial District of the state.

All these crises had their genesis from Southern Kaduna State and aggressive against the Muslims.

However, those of 1987,1992, 2000 and 2011 were unprecedented which touches not only on the Social, Political and Economy of the State but the country as a whole. It was senseless and merciless attack on the Muslims.

Details of some these crises were given below:

(1) 1987 Kafanchan Violence, 19 Muslims killed,Many wounded and property worth N78,537,768.94 destroyed. Instigators are
(i) Rev Abubakar Bko
(ii) Capt Manya
(iii) Fellowship of Christian students
(iv) Mrs Ladi Lekwot and others,

(2) 1992 Zangon Kataf Genocide against Muslims,1,533 Muslims massacred, thousandth wounded and property worth N207,658,560.00 destroyed.
The planners and executors were: Gen Zamani Lekwot,
Mal B.A.D Gora,.
Mr J.B.Ayok and many Christians and political leaders.

Gen Lekwot and 5 others were found guilty and sentenced to death but was not carried out.

(3) 2000 Religious disturbances: Over 5000 Muslims perished thousands wounded and unquantifiable property loss.
The following Christians leaders were found to be involved
Elder Saidu Dogo,
Archb P. Y. Jatau,
Archb B.A. Achigili and many others.

See White Paper on the Report of Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Kaduna State Religious Disturbances of February 2000, Page 17.

(4) 2011 Presidential election, 943 persons were killed, thousands wounded and property worth
N23,330,737,540.00 destroyed.

Brig Gen. Adamu Dyeris and many others were indicted.

NOTES:
i.- it should be noted that in the statistical figures of 943 deaths recorded all over the country in the 2011 post presidential election disturbances over 80 % of persons killed were from southern Kaduna senatorial district and in this crises, there was no arrest in connections with the killings. See chapter two page 17 of The White Paper on the Report of the Federal Government Investigation Panel on the Election Violence.

ii- it should also be noted the convoy of Emir Of Jama’a was ambushed at Samarun Kataf on his way back to Kafanchan from Kaduna after a security meeting and similarly the
convoy of the Execute Governor of Kaduna State and members of security council were also attacked about a month ago. All these are indication that the people of Southern Kaduna don't want peace.

THE WAY FORWARD

1. Failure of Government to punish perpetrators of these crises has allowed the continuation of similar crises in the state for close to 40 years.

2. We call on the Government to arrest and punish the perpetrators of the current crises.

3. We call on the Government to find lasting solutions to all these crises.

4. The Government should as a matter of urgency revive the Muslim-Christian consultative committee which is headed by the Governor of the State.

5. The Government should always take proactive measures upon receipt of intelligent report.
Nuhu Ali Ayo Ojeniyi Cyril Oseghale Ladesope Ladelokun Segun Fagbemi

wat do u wnt to achieve wit dis poo u jst posted?

project8:
u must be sick for this ur evil comment.atlist be human for once.nobdy like violence nor do we support wat is hapenin.all we want is peace and pls dnt seat somewhrr in d east or west preaching hate, Rip to d death and we are praying to God for peace in kaduna and Nigeria

will you shut the fúck up am sure you are one of these useless fulanis cows killing up and down and God will surely punish you people you dont even no who i am you just quote me and start talking trash for your info am from kaduna and my relatives base in southern kaduna so before quoting someone? When you refuse to use your number 6 so you support they should continue the killing and keep praying to there what ever they call there God abi? Before quoting someone think of why he or she commented what he or she commented any way you are on your own i dont have your time

kabawa:
You sound like a cow bro

You well atall

Why the so much hate

are you one of the so called fulani cows? If no then why quoting me? And if yes i wont be judgemental but God will surely purnish you people, your relatives, your cows, your children, your generation till the earth come to an end! GOOD DAY

stonemasonn:
Nigeria is not the only country with fertile lands in the west of Africa. The Fulani herdsmen should also demand grazing lands/ settlements in Benin republic, Togo, Ivory Coast and Ghana to sustain their so called one thousand years old occupation.

Fulani & farmers clashed in Ivory Coast last year.
The Fulani by nature is very stingy, he is not interested in spending money to feed himself or his cattle, he wants free grass & in absence of that, raid ppls farm.

farouk2much:
fvck you for sayin dat
we cab finished all the christian within an hour

Bro why dont u take out 3yrs and at least start from ss 1 to 3 so dat u can construct a Simple english. Plss stop being a fatuous fellow, puerille illiteracy can be copiously dangerous. Now visit ur dictionary a little and for once drop dat antiquated koran u carry on ur head everyday

Anybody that believes this bull.shit story by the op really needs urgent mental evaluation.
How can a sane human being allege that Fulani's were killed without any photo evidence of the corpses
The genocide being perpetrated by these Fulani terrorists almost on a daily basis in Southern Kaduna has been corroborated by both the indigent communities and the irresponsible State Govt.
Now, the terrorists are seeking for sympathy and have concocted this special plan of raising several mounds on bare land and tagging same as the graves of their supposedly killed fulanis.
The Southern Kaduna Indigenes have shown several photos of corpses of their kinsmen that were murdered in cold blood by these savages; hence, until we are shown similar photos of the corpses of allegedly murdered Fulanis, we must discard this story as pure lies from the pit of hell. Simple!

Great news, more please.

The less fulani herdsmen around more peace!

Amazing news for my weekend.

xtreemk:
SOUTHERN KADUNA: WHO ARE THE REAL VICTIMS?

Muhammad Auwal Abu Suhaib Jama’a town was founded by the Muslims in 1804 under the Ruler ship of Malam Usman Yabo and similarly Zango town by the Hausa Muslims traders. Therefore, the crises in the region is a grand design to completely wipe-out the Muslims and Muslim Communities in the area by the Christians Militias taking advantage of their numerical strength. It is important to note that, the Districts of Zangon Kataf, Kachia, Kagarko and Chawai referred to as at then as Southern Zaria were under Zazzau Emirate until the creation of Chiefdom by the administration of Colonel Lawal Ja’afaru Isa in 1995 and the additional by Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi in 2001.

The Catalogue of Crises in Southern Kaduna include:-

 The kasuwan Magani Episodic Massacre of Muslims 1979/80, 19 people were killed all of them Muslims.

 The Kaduna Strife 1982

 The Jere incidence of 1983

 The Gure/kahugu and Yarkasuwa Crisis 1984

 The Kafanchan Crisis of 1987, which spread to Kaduna, Zaria, Ikara, Funtua, Katsina etc

¤1992 Zango Kataf Genocide.

 The kafanchan attack of 1999 against installation of the New Emir of Jama'a: 54 Muslims were Massacred.

 The February and May 2000 Kaduna Carnage and the massive killing of Muslims in February 23, 2000 in Kachia.

 The 2005 Merciless attack on the Muslims in Mariri, town-lere Local Government. Eleven Muslims killed and over 155 houses destroyed.

 The Post2011 Presidential Election Violence in some parts of the state which resulted in the cleansing of
Muslims in Zonkuwa town, which is still fresh in our memories.

 The 2013 Crises resulting in the killing of 11 Muslims in Kafanchan, Sanga and Kachia.

 The 2016 crises resulting in the killing of 84 Muslims in Samarun Kataf and another 4 in Dangoma.

 The Muslims towns of Zango, Zonkwa, Matsirga, Sabon Gora, Television, Sabon Tasha, Marrabar Rido were completely wiped out and the next target is Kafanchan another strong hold of the Muslims in Southern Kaduna.

 The Persistent communal clashes between the Pastoral and Farmers in the Southern Senatorial District of the state.

All these crises had their genesis from Southern Kaduna State and aggressive against the Muslims.

However, those of 1987,1992, 2000 and 2011 were unprecedented which touches not only on the Social, Political and Economy of the State but the country as a whole. It was senseless and merciless attack on the Muslims.

Details of some these crises were given below:

(1) 1987 Kafanchan Violence, 19 Muslims killed,Many wounded and property worth N78,537,768.94 destroyed. Instigators are
(i) Rev Abubakar Bko
(ii) Capt Manya
(iii) Fellowship of Christian students
(iv) Mrs Ladi Lekwot and others,

(2) 1992 Zangon Kataf Genocide against Muslims,1,533 Muslims massacred, thousandth wounded and property worth N207,658,560.00 destroyed.
The planners and executors were: Gen Zamani Lekwot,
Mal B.A.D Gora,.
Mr J.B.Ayok and many Christians and political leaders.

Gen Lekwot and 5 others were found guilty and sentenced to death but was not carried out.

(3) 2000 Religious disturbances: Over 5000 Muslims perished thousands wounded and unquantifiable property loss.
The following Christians leaders were found to be involved
Elder Saidu Dogo,
Archb P. Y. Jatau,
Archb B.A. Achigili and many others.

See White Paper on the Report of Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Kaduna State Religious Disturbances of February 2000, Page 17.

(4) 2011 Presidential election, 943 persons were killed, thousands wounded and property worth
N23,330,737,540.00 destroyed.

Brig Gen. Adamu Dyeris and many others were indicted.

NOTES:
i.- it should be noted that in the statistical figures of 943 deaths recorded all over the country in the 2011 post presidential election disturbances over 80 % of persons killed were from southern Kaduna senatorial district and in this crises, there was no arrest in connections with the killings. See chapter two page 17 of The White Paper on the Report of the Federal Government Investigation Panel on the Election Violence.

ii- it should also be noted the convoy of Emir Of Jama’a was ambushed at Samarun Kataf on his way back to Kafanchan from Kaduna after a security meeting and similarly the
convoy of the Execute Governor of Kaduna State and members of security council were also attacked about a month ago. All these are indication that the people of Southern Kaduna don't want peace.

THE WAY FORWARD

1. Failure of Government to punish perpetrators of these crises has allowed the continuation of similar crises in the state for close to 40 years.

2. We call on the Government to arrest and punish the perpetrators of the current crises.

3. We call on the Government to find lasting solutions to all these crises.

4. The Government should as a matter of urgency revive the Muslim-Christian consultative committee which is headed by the Governor of the State.

5. The Government should always take proactive measures upon receipt of intelligent report.
Nuhu Ali Ayo Ojeniyi Cyril Oseghale Ladesope Ladelokun Segun Fagbemi

Zonkwa , in short the whole of Jema 'a are not Muslims towns Mr copy and paste

Pls stop causing nuisaince.If christians start retaliating,what will become of nigeria?

xtreemk:
SOUTHERN KADUNA: WHO ARE THE REAL VICTIMS?

Muhammad Auwal Abu Suhaib Jama’a town was founded by the Muslims in 1804 under the Ruler ship of Malam Usman Yabo and similarly Zango town by the Hausa Muslims traders. Therefore, the crises in the region is a grand design to completely wipe-out the Muslims and Muslim Communities in the area by the Christians Militias taking advantage of their numerical strength. It is important to note that, the Districts of Zangon Kataf, Kachia, Kagarko and Chawai referred to as at then as Southern Zaria were under Zazzau Emirate until the creation of Chiefdom by the administration of Colonel Lawal Ja’afaru Isa in 1995 and the additional by Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi in 2001.

The Catalogue of Crises in Southern Kaduna include:-

 The kasuwan Magani Episodic Massacre of Muslims 1979/80, 19 people were killed all of them Muslims.

 The Kaduna Strife 1982

 The Jere incidence of 1983

 The Gure/kahugu and Yarkasuwa Crisis 1984

 The Kafanchan Crisis of 1987, which spread to Kaduna, Zaria, Ikara, Funtua, Katsina etc

¤1992 Zango Kataf Genocide.

 The kafanchan attack of 1999 against installation of the New Emir of Jama'a: 54 Muslims were Massacred.

 The February and May 2000 Kaduna Carnage and the massive killing of Muslims in February 23, 2000 in Kachia.

 The 2005 Merciless attack on the Muslims in Mariri, town-lere Local Government. Eleven Muslims killed and over 155 houses destroyed.

 The Post2011 Presidential Election Violence in some parts of the state which resulted in the cleansing of
Muslims in Zonkuwa town, which is still fresh in our memories.

 The 2013 Crises resulting in the killing of 11 Muslims in Kafanchan, Sanga and Kachia.

 The 2016 crises resulting in the killing of 84 Muslims in Samarun Kataf and another 4 in Dangoma.

 The Muslims towns of Zango, Zonkwa, Matsirga, Sabon Gora, Television, Sabon Tasha, Marrabar Rido were completely wiped out and the next target is Kafanchan another strong hold of the Muslims in Southern Kaduna.

 The Persistent communal clashes between the Pastoral and Farmers in the Southern Senatorial District of the state.

All these crises had their genesis from Southern Kaduna State and aggressive against the Muslims.

However, those of 1987,1992, 2000 and 2011 were unprecedented which touches not only on the Social, Political and Economy of the State but the country as a whole. It was senseless and merciless attack on the Muslims.

Details of some these crises were given below:

(1) 1987 Kafanchan Violence, 19 Muslims killed,Many wounded and property worth N78,537,768.94 destroyed. Instigators are
(i) Rev Abubakar Bko
(ii) Capt Manya
(iii) Fellowship of Christian students
(iv) Mrs Ladi Lekwot and others,

(2) 1992 Zangon Kataf Genocide against Muslims,1,533 Muslims massacred, thousandth wounded and property worth N207,658,560.00 destroyed.
The planners and executors were: Gen Zamani Lekwot,
Mal B.A.D Gora,.
Mr J.B.Ayok and many Christians and political leaders.

Gen Lekwot and 5 others were found guilty and sentenced to death but was not carried out.

(3) 2000 Religious disturbances: Over 5000 Muslims perished thousands wounded and unquantifiable property loss.
The following Christians leaders were found to be involved
Elder Saidu Dogo,
Archb P. Y. Jatau,
Archb B.A. Achigili and many others.

See White Paper on the Report of Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Kaduna State Religious Disturbances of February 2000, Page 17.

(4) 2011 Presidential election, 943 persons were killed, thousands wounded and property worth
N23,330,737,540.00 destroyed.

Brig Gen. Adamu Dyeris and many others were indicted.

NOTES:
i.- it should be noted that in the statistical figures of 943 deaths recorded all over the country in the 2011 post presidential election disturbances over 80 % of persons killed were from southern Kaduna senatorial district and in this crises, there was no arrest in connections with the killings. See chapter two page 17 of The White Paper on the Report of the Federal Government Investigation Panel on the Election Violence.

ii- it should also be noted the convoy of Emir Of Jama’a was ambushed at Samarun Kataf on his way back to Kafanchan from Kaduna after a security meeting and similarly the
convoy of the Execute Governor of Kaduna State and members of security council were also attacked about a month ago. All these are indication that the people of Southern Kaduna don't want peace.

THE WAY FORWARD

1. Failure of Government to punish perpetrators of these crises has allowed the continuation of similar crises in the state for close to 40 years.

2. We call on the Government to arrest and punish the perpetrators of the current crises.

3. We call on the Government to find lasting solutions to all these crises.

4. The Government should as a matter of urgency revive the Muslim-Christian consultative committee which is headed by the Governor of the State.

5. The Government should always take proactive measures upon receipt of intelligent report.
Nuhu Ali Ayo Ojeniyi Cyril Oseghale Ladesope Ladelokun Segun Fagbemi

Eyaah, copy & paste work.
Its obvious you & the writer of the above fallacies are hopeless liars with no iota of shame. Only that can explain his ability to concoct this epistle of lies & your boldness to post same here.

ALL crises that have ever occurred in Kaduna State are always started by the Muslims; pure fact! The last crises of 2011 was triggered by the same Muslims because of their hatred for Late Gov. Yakowa and the anger that he was able to win the Governorship election of that year.

Thousands of Christians were attacked and killed in cold blood, including hapless kids returning from schools in several Kaduna vicinities largely populated by the Muslims e.g Hayin Banki, Tudun-Wada, Kawo, Nasarawa e.t.c.

Also, several churches were destroyed & torched; and businesses & properties belonging to Christians were razed and looted by Muslim miscreants. At the same time, the Muslims blocked the highway around Mararaban Jos and stopped vehicles belonging to Christians, as well as luxurious buses heading to the East (conveying mainly Christian Southerners), and they set these vehicles ablaze without allowing any of the passengers to alight. That was how several passengers were burnt to death around that Mararaban Jos axis.

Note that with regards to the genocide being perpetrated against the Christians in S/Kaduna communities,
1. Why would any responsible govt. pay alien murderers 'compensation' after they have successfully killed scores of citizens under his watch Doesn't that affirm the suspicion that the said compensation was primarily the payment for a job well done?
2. Why do supposed aliens from far away Libya & Sudan have unrestricted access to freely come into Nigeria & attack the country's indigent communities NATIONWIDE while the Govt. of the day sees nothing bad in such foreign intrusion?
3. Does any of our laws support revenge killings? And if No, why do the majority of Muslims always justify the terrorist attacks by the fulanis on grounds of it being revenge killings
And hope when the Christians later commence their own limitless revenge killings, you egghead Muslims would still regard same as justifiable?

Furthermore, Southern Kaduna has never been & would never be a Muslim territory. The Muslims in Southern Kaduna are ALL migrants whose forefathers migrated there many years ago. The place the earliest Muslim migrants settled upon their arrival at Southern Kaduna is now called 'Jemaa'. However, Zangon Kataf(which literarily means Kataf settlement in Hausa) is a Kataf town. Same applies to every other Christian community in S/Kaduna.

We Christians know your grand plan to terrorize all Christians from their communities; just as you muslims did in Zaria city, Tudun Wada (kaduna), rigasa, e.t.c. Right now, no Christian resides in these places, & no single church exist in those places as well.

What are these ones waiting for? That heap of sand is supposed to be on them. Bury them alive.

glossy6:
Zonkwa , in short the whole of Jema 'a are not Muslims towns Mr copy and paste

Pls don't mind that King Copy&Paste of fallacies; lol
He thinks every nairalander is myopic like him. His ignorance stinks to the high heavens; imagine him referring to Television, Mararaban Rido e.t.c as Muslim settlements, Smh.

Waooo this is intresting please chritians keep it up.

AFTER PLANTING YAM N CASSAVA, DEY PRAY 4 GOOD HARVEST. N SOME SAY DEY R PRAYING 4 D DEAD.

xtreemk:
SOUTHERN KADUNA: WHO ARE THE REAL VICTIMS?

Muhammad Auwal Abu Suhaib Jama’a town was founded by the Muslims in 1804 under the Ruler ship of Malam Usman Yabo and similarly Zango town by the Hausa Muslims traders. Therefore, the crises in the region is a grand design to completely wipe-out the Muslims and Muslim Communities in the area by the Christians Militias taking advantage of their numerical strength. It is important to note that, the Districts of Zangon Kataf, Kachia, Kagarko and Chawai referred to as at then as Southern Zaria were under Zazzau Emirate until the creation of Chiefdom by the administration of Colonel Lawal Ja’afaru Isa in 1995 and the additional by Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi in 2001.

Details of some these crises were given below:

(1) 1987 Kafanchan Violence, 19 Muslims killed,Many wounded and property worth N78,537,768.94 destroyed. Instigators are
(i) Rev Abubakar Bko
(ii) Capt Manya
(iii) Fellowship of Christian students
(iv) Mrs Ladi Lekwot and others,

(2) 1992 Zangon Kataf Genocide against Muslims,1,533 Muslims massacred, thousandth wounded and property worth N207,658,560.00 destroyed.
The planners and executors were: Gen Zamani Lekwot,
Mal B.A.D Gora,.
Mr J.B.Ayok and many Christians and political leaders.

Gen Lekwot and 5 others were found guilty and sentenced to death but was not carried out.

Stop spreading lies and falsehood. Maj-Gen Zamani Lekwot did NOT instigate any crises. He was framed. Ask Col. Yohana Madaki who was assigned to defend him at the trial. And your one-sided recital is trying to portray the Christians as instigators of the crises, when they are most definitely NOT the ones who started it.

How come none of the Muslim instigators were included in your list? And how come none of the Muslims involved in the violence were tried and sentenced for their role, during the attacks? Didn't they bear arms? Didn't they shoot to kill? Or was it Christians that were fighting among themselves? Is that what you want people to believe??

Let everyone read this report.

NIGERIA MILITARY INJUSTICE | Major General Zamani Lekwot and Others Face Government-Sanctioned Lynching | Volume 5, No. 4 | March 30, 1993

Fifteen Nigerians are currently imprisoned, awaiting death by hanging for their supposed participation in ethnic/religious riots in Kaduna State, in northern Nigeria, in May 1992. The death sentences were delivered by two Special Tribunals that tried some 70 suspects alleged to be involved in the riots. All constitutional guarantees were suspended for the trials, and there is no right of appeal.

The farcical proceedings threaten to culminate in a government-sanctioned lynching. None of the trials even approached the stringent due process requirements for the imposition of the death penalty that are established by international standards.

The case of a group of six of those sentenced to death has attracted particular international attention in part because of the distinguished record of one of its members, retired Major General Zamani Lekwot, who was military governor of Rivers State in southern Nigeria in the 1970s and later held the title of Ambassador-at-Large to Mauritania, Senegal, Cape Verde and Gambia. The trial of the six, before Benedict Okadigbo, a retired judge, was characterized by an extraordinary level of abuse, including blatant bias and hostility by the judge, a presumption of guilt and inadequate access to counsel.

A number of factors point to the involvement of Nigeria's military government, led by President Ibrahim Babangida, in ensuring the convictions of the Lekwot group. Most significant is the promulgation of a military decree that barred any court from inquiring into abuses of constitutionally guaranteed rights that occurred during the trial.

Human rights attorney Chief Mike A. A. Ozekhome, president of the Universal Defenders of Democracy, a recently formed human rights group based in Lagos, has challenged the death sentences on the grounds that Lekwot and the five others did not receive a fair trial. The suit has secured a stay of the executions until March 31.

BACKGROUND

Political, ethnic and religious factors all contributed to the riots and the subsequent arrests, convictions and death sentences. Nigeria's tightly controlled transition to civilian rule has forbidden Nigerians from forming parties of their own choice, including any parties based on ethnicity or religion. In denying Nigerians a legitimate arena for the promotion of interests based on ethnicity, the government has driven these ambitions underground. This has heightened tensions among the country's more than 250 ethnic groups, which often see themselves as competing for political power.

In Kaduna State, as in northern Nigeria as a whole, the Hausa-Fulani ethnic group is the largest and most politically powerful. The Katafs are one of the ethnic Christian minorities in the north, of which General Lekwot is a member and for whom he has been for years a vocal leader and organizer. Zango-Kataf, inhabited by both Hausas and Katafs, has been a center of tension ever since colonial days. It is there that violence erupted in 1992.

Disagreements between the Hausas and Katafs over land ownership date back at least a century. Katafs claim that Hausas are settlers on their land, which the Hausas deny. Katafs resent the regional political system, a holdover from the colonial era, which vests authority over non-Muslims in Muslim leaders. The Katafs and other non-Muslim ethnic groups in the north have been demanding for years that they be allowed to elect a local chief of their choice. This right continues to be denied them.

A precursor to the May devastation occurred in February 1992, when approximately sixty Hausas and Katafs died in communal violence. The immediate cause of the conflict was a plan to move the local marketplace from the center of the Hausa district to a site where the Katafs were in the majority. Political analysts stress that a struggle for political power in light of the impending hand-over to democratic rule was also an important factor in the violence.

Katafs were irritated by several procedural issues surrounding the seven-person commission of inquiry established to investigate the violence. They complained that Kaduna Governor Dabo Lere appointed a majority of Muslims to the Commission, thereby weighting it against the Katafs. They also objected to the shift in the venue of the commission from Zongwa, the Zango-Kataf local government council headquarters, to Kafanchan, a larger city nearby, and finally to the city of Kaduna, capital of Kaduna state, where Muslims are the majority.

Both Muslims and Christians criticized the government's inadequate response to the crisis. After the February violence, Isa Kaita, a former federal minister and respected Muslim, and Kaduna's Archbishop Peter Jatau led meetings to help resolve problems between Christians and Muslims. They recommended that joint Christian-Muslim committees be formed at all levels of government to resolve problems and sent
the recommendations to President Babangida, but no government action was taken.

In mid-May, the violence spun out of control when a number of Katafs engaged in what was apparently a killing spree against the Hausas in Zango-Kataf. The violence spread to the cities of Kaduna, where some of the wounded were transported, and also to another large city, Zaria, also in Kaduna State.

In those cities the violence took on a more overtly religious--rather than ethnic--tone, with Hausa Muslims apparently attempting to avenge the killings in Zango-Kataf by attacking Christians irrespective of their ethnic identity.

The government claimed that fewer than 300 died, but others contend that thousands lost their lives. Calm was restored on May 20. On May 22, the governor, without legal authority, dissolved the Zango-Kataf local government and appointed a sole administrator, Mallam Haruna Zok, to oversee the area. https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/NIGERIA933.PDF

THE TRIAL

On May 18, the Federal government established the Zango-Kataf Civil and Communal Disturbances Tribunal in Kaduna City, with powers to try those allegedly involved in the bloodshed. In addition to the Chairman, Justice Okadigbo, the other six members were: Godwin Alaye Graham-Douglas (Senior Advocate of Nigeria), Alhaji Aminu Malumfashi, Hajia Tani Yusuf, Otunba A. Adeleke Adedoyin, Colonel Yusuf Abubakar and Mustapha Wali. The composition of the Tribunal, which includes five Hausas, four of them Muslim, led to a wide perception of bias against Lekwot and the five others.

General Lekwot was arrested on May 18, sent to Kuje Prison, nearly 200 miles away, and detained incommunicado under Decree 2, which provides for virtually unlimited detention without charge or trial. After pressure from human rights organizations and others, Lekwot and five other Kataf leaders were arraigned on July 29 before the Tribunal and charged with unlawful assembly with intent to subjugate the Hausa community in Zango-Kataf. Both before and during the trial, the defendants were held in abysmal conditions in Kaduna prison, where they were not allowed access to their families or attorneys.

According to Mike Ozekhome, the human rights attorney, the government violated its own military laws in establishing the Zango-Kataf Tribunal. Civil Disturbances Decree 53 of 1987, which provides the legal basis for the Tribunal, requires the government to establish a commission of inquiry and conduct investigations before bringing charges. That requirement was ignored when the Zango-Kataf Tribunal was
established.

The trial was subject to obvious political influence. In August, when it became apparent that there was insufficient evidence to convict Lekwot and the others, the prosecution filed a motion not to pursue the case. Meanwhile, however, as reported by the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, a Nigerian human rights group, the politically powerful Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, and other prominent Hausa-Fulanis publicly demanded that those responsible for the Zango-Kataf riots not be spared.

Apparently in response Justice Okadigbo, in ordering that Lekwot and the others be released, said that the "police would have to do their duty." The six were immediately rearrested on the Tribunal premises and placed in incommunicado detention in Kaduna Prison. Read the rest here: https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/NIGERIA933.PDF

See some of the other things that happened during the trial.

THE TRIAL.... continued

On September 4, Lekwot and six others were charged in a new 22-count indictment, which included a charge of culpable homicide, punishable by death. Lekwot was also accused of distributing guns and ammunition to a riotous group and inciting a group of Katafs to violence. In December, virtually all the charges were dropped except that of culpable homicide.

During the second trial, Justice Okadigbo repeatedly demonstrated his bias against the defendants to the point of reportedly terrorizing the defense attorneys, the defendants and spectators. His improprieties included telling the defendants during the trial that there would be "gnashing of teeth" on the day of judgment, and threatening to jail defense lawyers if he did not like their lines of inquiry.

On September 29, the leading defense counsel, Chief G. O. K. Ajayi, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, threatened to withdraw from the proceedings which, according to him, had become "impossible from the point of view of the defense."

Mr. Graham-Douglas, one of the Christian members of the Tribunal, resigned early in the proceedings, giving the reason that the other Tribunal members met privately without him and gave judgments on cases they had heard together without seeking his opinion.

In late October, defense lawyers went before a Kaduna High Court to seek an injunction restraining the Tribunal from further handling the case because the defendants were unlikely to receive a fair trial. The Kaduna High Court refused to grant the injunction on the grounds that it lacked jurisdiction over the case.

The ruling was upheld by the Court of Appeal on November 20, 1992. The defense then took their case to the Supreme Court.

However, on December 1, while the case was pending before the Supreme Court, the government promulgated Decree 55 of 1992, which removed the authority of the regular courts, including the Supreme Court, to hear any case regarding any abuse of constitutionally guaranteed rights by the Tribunal and in all other cases involving military decrees.

According to Decree 55, constitutionally guaranteed rights may be obviated by military decree. https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/NIGERIA933.PDF

You well so? I doubt.

wizflame:
They are very stupid them, the people that died, the graves, there cows, the person that snap them this photo, and the person that post this sh¡t are all stupid bunch of hypocrites

emeka2847:
You well so? I doubt.

dont actually have you time

So why you dey waste time to reply?

wizflame:
dont actually have you time

wizflame:
will you shut the fúck up am sure you are one of these useless fulanis cows killing up and down and God will surely punish you people you dont even no who i am you just quote me and start talking trash for your info am from kaduna and my relatives base in southern kaduna so before quoting someone? When you refuse to use your number 6 so you support they should continue the killing and keep praying to there what ever they call there God abi? Before quoting someone think of why he or she commented what he or she commented any way you are on your own i dont have your time

u condition is even worst than i actually imagine.bfr u go far am also frm kaduna an indigene,born n brot up in kd so u livin in kaduna doesnt give u nerve to post shit online u kid and who d Bleep do u tink of u .bloody nobody.ur are a kid and a bloody nobody .ur lucky u met m on a good mood i wud ave re arrange ur generation so u kno how to talk to pple online.akuya

xtreemk:
SOUTHERN KADUNA: WHO ARE THE REAL VICTIMS?

Muhammad Auwal Abu Suhaib Jama’a town was founded by the Muslims in 1804 under the Ruler ship of Malam Usman Yabo and similarly Zango town by the Hausa Muslims traders. Therefore, the crises in the region is a grand design to completely wipe-out the Muslims and Muslim Communities in the area by the Christians Militias taking advantage of their numerical strength. It is important to note that, the Districts of Zangon Kataf, Kachia, Kagarko and Chawai referred to as at then as Southern Zaria were under Zazzau Emirate until the creation of Chiefdom by the administration of Colonel Lawal Ja’afaru Isa in 1995 and the additional by Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi in 2001.

The Catalogue of Crises in Southern Kaduna include:-

 The kasuwan Magani Episodic Massacre of Muslims 1979/80, 19 people were killed all of them Muslims.

 The Kaduna Strife 1982

 The Jere incidence of 1983

 The Gure/kahugu and Yarkasuwa Crisis 1984

 The Kafanchan Crisis of 1987, which spread to Kaduna, Zaria, Ikara, Funtua, Katsina etc

¤1992 Zango Kataf Genocide.

 The kafanchan attack of 1999 against installation of the New Emir of Jama'a: 54 Muslims were Massacred.

 The February and May 2000 Kaduna Carnage and the massive killing of Muslims in February 23, 2000 in Kachia.

 The 2005 Merciless attack on the Muslims in Mariri, town-lere Local Government. Eleven Muslims killed and over 155 houses destroyed.

 The Post2011 Presidential Election Violence in some parts of the state which resulted in the cleansing of
Muslims in Zonkuwa town, which is still fresh in our memories.

 The 2013 Crises resulting in the killing of 11 Muslims in Kafanchan, Sanga and Kachia.

 The 2016 crises resulting in the killing of 84 Muslims in Samarun Kataf and another 4 in Dangoma.

 The Muslims towns of Zango, Zonkwa, Matsirga, Sabon Gora, Television, Sabon Tasha, Marrabar Rido were completely wiped out and the next target is Kafanchan another strong hold of the Muslims in Southern Kaduna.

 The Persistent communal clashes between the Pastoral and Farmers in the Southern Senatorial District of the state.

All these crises had their genesis from Southern Kaduna State and aggressive against the Muslims.

However, those of 1987,1992, 2000 and 2011 were unprecedented which touches not only on the Social, Political and Economy of the State but the country as a whole. It was senseless and merciless attack on the Muslims.

Details of some these crises were given below:

(1) 1987 Kafanchan Violence, 19 Muslims killed,Many wounded and property worth N78,537,768.94 destroyed. Instigators are
(i) Rev Abubakar Bko
(ii) Capt Manya
(iii) Fellowship of Christian students
(iv) Mrs Ladi Lekwot and others,

(2) 1992 Zangon Kataf Genocide against Muslims,1,533 Muslims massacred, thousandth wounded and property worth N207,658,560.00 destroyed.
The planners and executors were: Gen Zamani Lekwot,
Mal B.A.D Gora,.
Mr J.B.Ayok and many Christians and political leaders.

Gen Lekwot and 5 others were found guilty and sentenced to death but was not carried out.

(3) 2000 Religious disturbances: Over 5000 Muslims perished thousands wounded and unquantifiable property loss.
The following Christians leaders were found to be involved
Elder Saidu Dogo,
Archb P. Y. Jatau,
Archb B.A. Achigili and many others.

See White Paper on the Report of Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Kaduna State Religious Disturbances of February 2000, Page 17.

(4) 2011 Presidential election, 943 persons were killed, thousands wounded and property worth
N23,330,737,540.00 destroyed.

Brig Gen. Adamu Dyeris and many others were indicted.

NOTES:
i.- it should be noted that in the statistical figures of 943 deaths recorded all over the country in the 2011 post presidential election disturbances over 80 % of persons killed were from southern Kaduna senatorial district and in this crises, there was no arrest in connections with the killings. See chapter two page 17 of The White Paper on the Report of the Federal Government Investigation Panel on the Election Violence.

ii- it should also be noted the convoy of Emir Of Jama’a was ambushed at Samarun Kataf on his way back to Kafanchan from Kaduna after a security meeting and similarly the
convoy of the Execute Governor of Kaduna State and members of security council were also attacked about a month ago. All these are indication that the people of Southern Kaduna don't want peace.

THE WAY FORWARD

1. Failure of Government to punish perpetrators of these crises has allowed the continuation of similar crises in the state for close to 40 years.

2. We call on the Government to arrest and punish the perpetrators of the current crises.

3. We call on the Government to find lasting solutions to all these crises.

4. The Government should as a matter of urgency revive the Muslim-Christian consultative committee which is headed by the Governor of the State.

5. The Government should always take proactive measures upon receipt of intelligent report.
Nuhu Ali Ayo Ojeniyi Cyril Oseghale Ladesope Ladelokun Segun Fagbemi

And seven miserable people clicked LIKE to this rubbish?

farouk2much:
fvck you for sayin dat
we cab finished all the christian within an hour

I laugh at your stupidity. Just continue your useless and senseless killings. It will make Christians more united than ever. It is obvious some of you want to unite with your brothers in Niger and Chad republic. And believe me, we will make that happen.

project8:
u condition is even worst than i actually imagine.bfr u go far am also frm kaduna an indigene,born n brot up in kd so u livin in kaduna doesnt give u nerve to post shit online u kid and who d Bleep do u tink of u .bloody nobody.ur are a kid and a bloody nobody .ur lucky u met m on a good mood i wud ave re arrange ur generation so u kno how to talk to pple online.akuya

and why are you telling me? smh just no vhat am not the type who gives attention to attention seeker am not a gay man am into girls not guy so stop quoting me and seeking for my attention

project8:
mugu thats how muslim grave is.if u cant say good pls hold ur peace.nobdy want trouble so its beta we pray fr them all.pls respect the death cos we dnt kno how oirs will end

Kindly crawl back into whatever hole you popped out from and pick your brain. You left it behind

ItsMeAboki:
That is what you want to believe, probably because you have been fed with only one side of the story for so long to the extent of brainwashing.

However, the reality is that every story invariably always has two sides; and nobody (I repeat nobody) would just pick up arms and start killing other ppl for no reason at all, including the much maligned Fulani.

Their side has largely been untold because it does not sell newspapers and probably also out of fear of hostile reactions from many ppl like you, who allow sentiments overrule their better judgement.

BTW those are typical Muslim graves; though I am not surprised (judging from your mentality) how you flippantly and ignorantly dismissed them as otherwise, without as much as an iota of evidence other than your biased mindframe. SMH

Lol. Keep feeding on the trashy info you get from your mallams and fellow abokis. A thread made front page recently about herdsmen who were caught with arms going from Taraba state to Delta. I guess they wanted to go and donate the arms to the police force and local vigilantes right?? Pls let them keep their side of the story and take it to their mound graves. No one wants to hear it.

blessedvisky:
Kindly crawl back into whatever hole you popped out from and pick your brain. You left it behind

hole din uwar mamanka?

wizflame:
are you one of the so called fulani cows? If no then why quoting me? And if yes i wont be judgemental but God will surely purnish you people, your relatives, your cows, your children, your generation till the earth come to an end! GOOD DAY

e pain ammm

you go wail tire

blessedvisky:
Kindly crawl back into whatever hole you popped out from and pick your brain. You left it behind

lols true talk bro