NORTHERN IRONY

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.
8) 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

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