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Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by redsun(m): 4:22pm On Mar 07, 2010
It is the scheming leaders that are clashing the common people's heads,The more stupid and troubled the masses are,the more the ruling elite get away with the iniquities they commit every second.

I wish the ordinary man can see that the power to make a change is in his hand but he is too hungry and broken to see beyond the present.

POWER lies in the hands of the people,period.
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by edoyad(m): 4:26pm On Mar 07, 2010
And ladies and gentlemen that is how civil wars are born. People now start forming militias to protect their people and soon those militias become armies and rebel and before you know it the Red cross is setting up camps for civilians. Brace Up.
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by strangleyo: 4:29pm On Mar 07, 2010
edoyad:

And ladies and gentlemen that is how civil wars are born. People now start forming militias to protect their people and soon those militias become armies and rebel and before you know it the Red cross is setting up camps for civilians. Brace Up.

The Nigerian military is strong enough to withstand rebel movements. They will simply kill all the rebels, their wives, children, and goats.
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by edoyad(m): 4:32pm On Mar 07, 2010
The same military that is on standby at jos i presume.
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by Nobody: 4:48pm On Mar 07, 2010
Reporter: More than 200 dead in Nigeria violence

By AHMED SAKA and JON GAMBRELL (AP) – 12 minutes ago

JOS, Nigeria — More than 200 bodies — many of them women and children — lay in the streets of a central Nigerian town after a renewed spate of Christian-Muslim violence, witnesses said Sunday, just months after religious violence tore through a nearby city and left hundreds dead.

Yemi Kosoko, a reporter with the independent Nigerian news network Channels, told The Associated Press most of the bodies appeared to be women and children killed by blows from machetes. Kosoko said the dead lined the streets of Dogo Nahawa, a village about three miles (five kilometers) south of the city of Jos.

Kosoko said he made the count Sunday afternoon with an official from the state government. Military units began surrounding the affected villages around the same time, said Red Cross spokesman Robin Waubo. Waubo said the agency did not know how many people may have died in the the fighting, though officials have been sent to local morgues and hospitals.

Witnesses said the violence began in the mostly Christian village at about 3 a.m. Sunday — an hour when the area should have been under curfew and guarded by the military. Jos has remained under a curfew since violence in January left more than 300 people dead — the majority of them Muslims.

Police and military officials declined to comment on the attack or the motivation for the violence.

"It appears to be reprisal attacks," Waubo said.

In nearby Bauchi state, more than 600 people fled to a makeshift camp still holding victims of January's violence, said Red Cross official Adamu Abubakar.

"They started running away from the fighting," Abubakar said by phone. He said more continued to come.

Sectarian violence in this region of Nigeria has left thousands dead over the past decade. The latest outbreak came despite the Nigerian government's efforts to quell religious extremism in the West African country.


http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iNCU46VYMVf0VzhqkKJUus45PrDAD9E9SEKO0
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by mrblack: 4:50pm On Mar 07, 2010
government do something ke,
naija is simply dead and collapse waiting to be buried,we must believe this befor we can bring it alive not by challenging one another on nairaland,
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by Fogman(m): 5:02pm On Mar 07, 2010
The federal and Plateau state govt should be held responsible for lost innocent lives. If pepertrators of previous crisis were brought to justice, this ll not repeat itself. My sympathy goes to those who lost innocent soul to this senseless crisis.
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by kosovo(m): 5:08pm On Mar 07, 2010
Nigeria is in a verge of National discidium and divortium. We must Act fast to put an end to this 'MADNESS'
O.M.G i am completely sad and tristored. Our people are being slaughtered like animals and everyone is walking like a direction-less grasshopper. angry cry angry
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by KnowAll(m): 5:12pm On Mar 07, 2010
The chief of Army staff was busy deploying troops to guard Yaradua's corpse when their number was needed elsewhere. Anyways this thing had already been fortold by the US so this should come as no surprise to anyone, Nigeria the country is ending.


Do we have a Cin C at the moment, I think the President  of the Senate should just Impeach Yaradua and Jonathan and call for an election within 3 months. It is clear the Miliatary, Ministers, Governors even the servants at Aso rock dont respect Mr Acting President.
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by MrCrackles(m): 5:13pm On Mar 07, 2010
kosovo:

Nigeria is in a verge of  National discidium and divortium. We must Act fast to put an end to this 'MADNESS'
 O.M.G i am completely sad and tristored. Our people are being slaughtered like animals and everyone is walking like a direction-less grasshopper.  angry  cry  angry
Grammar. . .  shocked shocked shocked
Are you Honourable Obahiagbon in disguise
Have you been sleeping with the dictionary again?
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by Nobody: 5:21pm On Mar 07, 2010
Did this happen today or is the the same stories I've been hearing about?

Seriousl seriously, Nigeria ti daru. And what heartless souls targets women and children?
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by detopshot(m): 5:24pm On Mar 07, 2010
My question is: why must it always happen on sundays?
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by Nobody: 5:28pm On Mar 07, 2010
detopshot:

My question is: why must it always happen on sundays?
Isnt that the day large groups of ppl go to church?

Easy target. . . . While a lot of ppl are out, worhipping their God.

Kill on sunday, becomes a pattern, ppl are afraid of going out, church going decreases. . . .
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by ElRazur: 5:32pm On Mar 07, 2010
MrCrackles:

Grammar. . .  shocked shocked shocked
Are you Honourable Obahiagbon in disguise
Have you been sleeping with the dictionary again?

His mask slipped off here. His English is as average as we all thought. grin

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-409216.0.html#msg5643983

I am sure his mask will slip again in the near future.


@Topic

Nigeria.   .   .   .    . God's very own toilet. Discuss.
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by chic2pimp(m): 5:33pm On Mar 07, 2010
MrCrackles:

Grammar. . .  shocked shocked shocked
Are you Honourable Obahiagbon in disguise
Have you been sleeping with the dictionary again?

Laff wan kill me die ooo grin grin grin grin grin grin grin

FL Gators:

Did this happen today or is the the same stories I've been hearing about?

Seriousl seriously, Nigeria ti daru. And what heartless souls targets women and children?
I wonder ooo.
I guess those group of people are the easy target sad sad sad.
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by chic2pimp(m): 5:36pm On Mar 07, 2010
ElRazur:

His mask slipped off here. His English is as average as we all thought. grin

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-409216.0.html#msg5643983

I am sure his mask will slip again in the near future.

Abeg make you highlight the mistake he made grin.
That dude's jagbajantis is too long to read jare undecided
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by MrCrackles(m): 5:37pm On Mar 07, 2010
ElRazur:

His mask slipped off here. His English is as average as we all thought. grin
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-409216.0.html#msg5643983
I am sure his mask will slip again in the near future.
LMFAO!
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by kosovo(m): 5:41pm On Mar 07, 2010
ElRazur:

His mask slipped off here. His English is as average as we all thought. grin

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-409216.0.html#msg5643983

I am sure his mask will slip again in the near future.


@Topic

Nigeria.   .   .   .    . God's very own toilet. Discuss.



You don't seems to ever Give up. I Was never wearing a mask so how was it suppose to slip? cool
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by Nobody: 5:43pm On Mar 07, 2010
kosovo:

  You don't seems to ever Give up. I Was never wearing a mask so how was it suppose to slip? cool

Dont mind him jare.
I know you're trying to impress me by using big words. But how can I be impressed if I cant understand what you're saying?
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by princekevo(m): 5:49pm On Mar 07, 2010
[b]"The shooting was just meant to bring people from their houses and then when people came out they started cutting them with machetes," [/b]he said, women crying behind him.

Thank God this time they are butchering themselves. I have said it many times that the selfish beings, Britain will never know peace for putting me together under one cage with barbaric human as this. People who can jst wake up one morning and start butchering their fellow humans as if they are fowls.
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by ElRazur: 5:53pm On Mar 07, 2010
MrCrackles:

LMFAO!

Glad to be of service. grin


chic2pimp:

Abeg make you highlight the mistake he made grin.
That dude's jagbajantis is too long to read jare undecided

I am not the type to pick on people's grammar to be honest - I make mistakes too. But when someone tries to be "different" in a stupid way, I am more than happy to call them on it.

Personally, I think since he is a mod, he sees the need to be seen as intelligent perhaps? If only he knows that more than half of us, laugh at him.


kosovo:

 You don't seems to ever Give up. I Was never wearing a mask so how was it suppose to slip? cool


Nobody likes a faker.
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by cold(m): 5:55pm On Mar 07, 2010
What is the job of the DMI,SSS,NIA,& the rest of the intelligentsia,what are they being paid for?Is it not to infiltrate these fanatical groups & nip these acts in the bud before they escalate?That's how it's done in other climes.
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by aahmed112: 5:56pm On Mar 07, 2010
Disappearance of Zubair Ali Gafai, Yar’Adua’s cousin, raises opposition fears

Written by Saharareporters, New York   Thursday, 04 March 2010 14:04

The interview reeked of a PR job organized by members of the kitchen cabinet, as part of their attempts to hoodwink Nigerians using a foreign television stations with immense popularity, such as Al Jazeera. Saharareporters had reported a few days ago that Yar'Adua's wife was planning the kind interview Yar’Adua gave to the BBC in January, with the objective of painting a rosy picture of his recovery. It is apparent that the Al Jazeera broadcast using Gafai was the clincher.

Since granting the interview, however, Mr. Gafai has disappeared, reportedly into neighboring Niger Republic, and his disappearance has raised fears that he may be organizing Niger-based mercenaries to attack or kill opposition politicians who endorsed the removed of Yar'Adua from office.

Late last year, through his Katsina Peoples Congress, Gafai, a former state legislator, stormed the palace of the Emir of Katsina to urge him to discipline former House of Representatives Speaker, Masari, for “unguarded utterances” or strip him of the traditional title of “Dallatun Katsina” and membership of the Emirate Council.

Masari's offence was that he had endorsed the public petition of "Group 53" which had asked Yar'Adua to resign from office in December 2009.

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Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by Beaf: 5:58pm On Mar 07, 2010
[size=14pt]Over 500 killed in reprisal attack in Jos[/size]
Cover Stories, Latest NewsMar 7, 2010
By Taye Obateru

Jos – Over 500 people mostly women and children were today [killed by] Fulani herdsmen on reprisal attacks. At least 45 children including toddlers were among those hacked to death, gunned down or roasted in their abodes which were torched by the marauders at about 2.30 am.

Most hit was Dogon Na Hauwa village where most of the killings were done and over 75 houses were razed but nearby Ratsat and Jeji villages were not spared.

A victim, Musa Gyang who spoke to journalists where he is receiving treatment at Plateau Specialist Hospital said they were woken up by gun shots in the middle of the night and before they knew what was happening they saw their houses torched and as they ran out they were attacked with gun shots or machete.

Journalists could not help but break down in tears as they saw piles of corpses mostly women and children some of them with heads severed.
The Commissioner for Information Mr. Gregory Yenlong who briefed journalists later said about 500 corpses would be given a mass burial adding that security has been beefed up to contains the situation .

He described the attack on the Berom villages as a kind of ethnic cleansing saying some families were completely wiped out.
He confirmed that the attackers were suspected to be Fulanis who came on foot from elsewhere to beat security but call for calm as government intensifies efforts to track down the attackers.

The Gbong Gwom Jos, Da Gyang Buba who visited the area  also lamented the gruesome murder of innocent people describing it as man’s inhumanity to man.

He said he received information of planned attacks on villages and informed the security agencies appropriately wondering why the attacks still happened.

Addressing the survivors, he appealed for calm warning against any form of reprisals.
“I am deeply sad. We can’t continue like this; we are not animals. We’ll go back and discuss with government even up to Abuja and make our case. Let’s Have patience. There is no alternative to patience and don’t let us take laws into our hands. Do not do anything that would aggravate the situation”, he told them.
Ends.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/03/07/breaking-news-over-200-killed-in-reprisal-attack-in-jos/
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by adconline(m): 6:03pm On Mar 07, 2010
Let's not jump to conclusions yet. We don't know who the agressors are or what started this. It may not even be caused by religion but ethnic issues. You are being delusional if you thought that it was not about religion. Why cant Pleatue State be annexed if it 'hosts' killing festival every month?
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by Fogman(m): 6:05pm On Mar 07, 2010
Just announced in Rhythm FM that over 500 people feared dead so far!  Attacked was masterminded by Fulani herdsmen. What a waste!
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by Beaf: 6:08pm On Mar 07, 2010
adconline:

Let's not jump to conclusions yet. We don't know who the agressors are or what started this. It may not even be caused by religion but ethnic issues. You are being delusional if you thought that it was not about religion. Why cant Pleatue State be annexed if it 'hosts' killing festival every month?

No point dodging issues. When you do that, they have a way of turning around to bite you.
Identify the problem without fear or favour and deal with it sensitively and diplomaticaly.
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by Nobody: 6:09pm On Mar 07, 2010
Fogman:

Just announced in Rhythm FM that over 500 people feared dead so far!  Attacked was masterminded by Fulani herdsmen. What a waste!

I guess the useless so called army we have are aware of the threat of these babarians but turned a blind eye to this massacre.

Jonathan Goodluck is impotent as a leader, we need a man of iron in charge.

I detest Abacha but he was the kind of leader that would have ruthlessly crushed this uprising by now.

Its more than sad, Nigeria is gradually sliding into anarchy.
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by Beaf: 6:12pm On Mar 07, 2010
frosbel:

I guess the useless so called army we have are aware of the threat of these babarians but turned a blind eye to this massacre.

Jonathan Goodluck is impotent as a leader, we need a man of iron in charge.

I detest Abacha but he was the kind of leader that would have ruthlessly crushed this uprising by now.

Its more than sad, Nigeria is gradually sliding into anarchy.

Crushed the uprising?  shocked
That is simplistic reasoning. What about its source?
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by amarilo: 6:12pm On Mar 07, 2010
This is a repercussion to Gowan for killing Innocent Igbo Women and Children. It wunt stop until he apologise.
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by kosovo(m): 6:14pm On Mar 07, 2010
ElRazur  is a very Funny bloke.
 is not like this is the first time i am using my vacab. i use it when ever i like.
it's something that is inside of me, and it won't forgive me if i continue to let it lie.

  Click here to see one of my write ups in 2008.
Re: Plateau Massacre : Police arrest 377 suspects, prosecute 162 by sjeezy8: 6:17pm On Mar 07, 2010
anyway . . . .

One Nigeria is simple and the problems are simple its the leaders who are making it complicated. If a northern president had control of the notherners and their respect there would be no religous riots. Northern leaders say little to nothing in times like this aside from Buhari.

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