What the h*&l is going on in Northern Nigeria?

Seriously people,
Have we become so desensitized that we really don't care about all these killings anymore? Is it now everyman for himself even among us so called educated elites? This is getting ridiculous now! Really!! Check out the following news reports:




Bauchi State:

Apparently reacting to the recent crisis that engulfed Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi state, the Council of Elders and Traditional Rulers Forum from the council area and Bogoro Local Government have debunked the claim on the number of casualty recorded, saying that 35 people were brutally killed.

Addressing newsmen in Jos, the National Secretary of the Forum, Mr Dam Manah,  debunked the claim that the crisis was as a result of a fraca between two youths over a game of snooker and stated that the violence that followed the disagreement was unimaginable.

According to him, the violence escalated with more shooting and burning of houses, adding that at the end Sayawa houses, shops and churches in Tafawa Balewa and Arewa  were burnt, while 15 people were killed and another 20 waylaid and killed at Zwall while travelling from Bauchi to Tafawa Balewa.

The Council of Elders and Traditional Rulers Forum blamed the Bauchi State government for the repeated conflicts based on its refusal to actualise the Chiefdoms.

It noted the setting up of a reconciliation committee on peace and reconciliation by the state government adding that the committee at its deliberations recognized the non-actualization of the Sayawa Chiefdom and their fears on the voter registration as factor for the angry actions.

The Forum chided the Bauchi State government for the sudden transferred of all the students of the Government Girls Secondary School, Tafawa Balewa, to the Government Girls Secondary School, Yana, in Northern Bauchi State because of their safety.

“Predictably, the non-Muslims students refused to be transferred and they were abandoned to their fate in the school, while taken away with them all food items for their feeding.

“If the government cannot guarantee the safety of Muslims students in a predominant christian community, how can the same government convince parents of the non-Muslim students that their lives are guaranteed in a predominantly  Muslim community? “
The forum, therefore, called on the Bauchi State government  to stop the relocation of students.

 Source

Note the burning of churches in the report above. 


 Plateau and Borno States

THE National Prayer Movement (NPM), on Tuesday, said the ceaseless carnage in Borno and Plateau states portended danger for the corporate existence of the country.

In an open letter to President Goodluck Jonathan, the organisation asked him to immediately demonstrate the necessary political will by tracking down the masterminds of the crises before the situation got out of hand.

According to the NPM in the letter signed by the general secretary, Mr. Olugbemiga Olakunle, the sponsors of the violence and political killings are not ghosts but humans who live among the people.

It further stated that the administration should handle the security challenge posed by the current development with the urgency it deserved because of its far-reaching implication for the April poll and the survival of the country.

“Under normal circumstances, the Federal Government ought to have declared a state of emergence in Plateau and Borno states to effectively tackle the security challenges in these states.
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I could post a whole lot on the Jos crisis, but there is no need. Just google it and be amazed.  Or you could just view these pictures. Let me warn you that they are extremely disturbing! How long are we going to sit by and watch this mess? And what should be the appropriate response? Killings going on in 3 states (at least at the moment) and we all dey siddon look. Hey peeps, our house is on fire!!!!