TheSourcerer:
The Kaduna Sharia Riots: (Death Toll: 2000 - 5000)

By now, you may have noticed that ethnic and religious tensions have been the catalysts for some of the deadliest mass killings in Nigerian history so why pride yourself in your religion or tribe , there's no superior bloodline nor tribe .


The 2000 Kaduna Riots were instigated by the introduction of Sharia law, and among many such instances, they will go down in a dark place in Nigerian history.

Kaduna State is located in the Muslim-majority north, however, in areas like Southern Kaduna, there is a large Christian population. Cumulatively, non-Muslims make up about half of the population.

In February 2000, Kaduna's Governor Ahmed Maikarfi announced the introduction of sharia to Kaduna State.

In response, the Kaduna branch of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) organised a public protest against it in Kaduna City.

Muslim youth, possibly perceiving it as an affront to their religion, clashed with the protesters. And so began, a campaign of violence and destruction.




When it became clear that the police could not handle the violence, the army stepped in to intervene.

A judicial commission set up by the Kaduna state government reported the official death toll to be 1,295. However, Human Rights Watch estimated the total number to be much higher.

Fatalities, including those from March and May and many from February which the commission had not counted, were estimated to be much higher, somewhere between 2,000 and 5,000.



If we don't learn from History we are clearly going on another civil war , only thing I see enveloping us from impending civil implosion in Nigeria is the Internet , and even here tribal wars (E-wars) are fought everyday , well it's only a matter of time tbh .
Why the self hate or unnecessary kin-hate

TheSourcerer:
The Asaba Massacre: (Death Toll: Over 700 men and boys)

As Fu’ad Lawal writes, Asaba will never forget the events of one of the deadliest days of the Nigerian Civil War.

Three months after the first gunshot had signified the start of the Nigerian civil war, Biafran troops marched into Nigeria’s midwest region as they advanced towards Lagos.

After reaching as far as Ore, they were repelled by forces under the command of Col. Murtala Mohammed.

The Biafran troops marched back to Onitsha in the Eastern heartland, after which they demolished the Niger Bridge, leaving the Nigerian Army stranded on the other side in Asaba.
Aggrieved by this abrupt end to their march, the Nigerian soldiers went into Asaba and began checking through homes, accusing the people of sympathising with Biafra

In a bid to quell the tensions, the leaders of the town asked the people to come out in a show of support for One Nigeria.

Hundreds of men, women, and children, many wearing the ceremonial akwa ocha (white) attire paraded along the main street, singing, dancing, and chanting “One Nigeria.”

It did nothing to placate the Nigerian Army. The people were gathered in an open square, men were separated from the women and over 700 boys and men were shot dead.

(The hate on Igbos I still don't get it , how can you despise racism and encourage Tribalism , how can you be igbo and hate Osus) undecided

TheSourcerer:
The Asaba Massacre: (Death Toll: Over 700 men and boys)

As Fu’ad Lawal writes, Asaba will never forget the events of one of the deadliest days of the Nigerian Civil War.

Three months after the first gunshot had signified the start of the Nigerian civil war, Biafran troops marched into Nigeria’s midwest region as they advanced towards Lagos.

After reaching as far as Ore, they were repelled by forces under the command of Col. Murtala Mohammed.

The Biafran troops marched back to Onitsha in the Eastern heartland, after which they demolished the Niger Bridge, leaving the Nigerian Army stranded on the other side in Asaba.
Aggrieved by this abrupt end to their march, the Nigerian soldiers went into Asaba and began checking through homes, accusing the people of sympathising with Biafra

In a bid to quell the tensions, the leaders of the town asked the people to come out in a show of support for One Nigeria.

Hundreds of men, women, and children, many wearing the ceremonial akwa ocha (white) attire paraded along the main street, singing, dancing, and chanting “One Nigeria.”

It did nothing to placate the Nigerian Army. The people were gathered in an open square, men were separated from the women and over 700 boys and men were shot dead.

(The hate on Igbos I still don't get it , how can you despise racism and encourage Tribalism , how can you be igbo and hate Osus) undecided

okrikaboi:

I am never going to bother myself on the things in can't change but let history be taught, let us be reminded that we hate eachother so we can keep ourselves in check.

franchasofficia:
Pleaae add


EndSars massacre
Aba Massacre of unarmed IPOB members by Nigerian Army

Oyigbo massacre by Governor Wike and Nigerian Army

WhizdomXX:

My Grandfather was a victim of this massacre by Northern Soldiers. Asaba will never forget. God save the indigenes of this nation, Amen.

Cashio:
Terrible....I experienced riot in 2012 in Kaduna and I can attest that violence is not the way out.
Pregnant women were killed and their stomachs opened and the foetus taken out.
People were beaten to stupor and burnt alive. Some were beheaded.

After that Sunday riot, Sabo market was practically littered with dead bodies. I think over 300 persons were killed in that riot.

WhizdomXX:

My Grandfather was a victim of this massacre by Northern Soldiers. Asaba will never forget. God save the indigenes of this nation. Amen.

kkins25:

2012 was not a good year. Years prior to that too i think 2002-2003..

It was my hausa neighbors that shielded us back then. we went to live in their house. I was a kid. Those were traumatizing moments for me.
I started having bad dreams of hausa thuhs invading our home.. Trauma from all this events are very real. As For my parents, they've become so goddamn paranoid. After that incident, omo, When i got admission, in 2013 at kaduna state university, i wasn't allowed to rent a room. I was traveling from gonin gora everyday to school.

I never stay up to 1 hour in town.. I remember during the boko haram escalation when one church, shalom, was bombed at gonin gora.. I was at school that time.. never been so scared in my life.
No transport home, no place to stay too. Everybody was running.. imagine me trekking from kasu to stadium round about through ahmedu bello way.. Fear!!!!!!!

TheSourcerer:
one of the saddest threads I've had to create because it is still happening now.

kkins25:

2012 was not a good year. Years prior to that too i think 2002-2003..

It was my hausa neighbors that shielded us back then. we went to live in their house. I was a kid. Those were traumatizing moments for me.
I started having bad dreams of hausa thuhs invading our home.. Trauma from all this events are very real. As For my parents, they've become so goddamn paranoid. After that incident, omo, When i got admission, in 2013 at kaduna state university, i wasn't allowed to rent a room. I was traveling from gonin gora everyday to school.

I never stay up to 1 hour in town.. I remember during the boko haram escalation when one church, shalom, was bombed at gonin gora.. I was at school that time.. never been so scared in my life.
No transport home, no place to stay too. Everybody was running.. imagine me trekking from kasu to stadium round about through ahmedu bello way.. Fear!!!!!!!

TheSourcerer:
one of the saddest threads I've had to create because it is still happening now.

Cashio:
Terrible....I experienced riot in 2012 in Kaduna and I can attest that violence is not the way out.
Pregnant women were killed and their stomachs opened and the foetus taken out.
People were beaten to stupor and burnt alive. Some were beheaded.

After that Sunday riot, Sabo market was practically littered with dead bodies. I think over 300 persons were killed in that riot.

CrownOfClay724:

...and it's getting downplayed like it's a normal occurrence.

Mass burials are never normal.
Needless and mindless killings are not.

talk2hb1:
Senseless Killing,
All still based on poverty.

kkins25:

2012 was not a good year. Years prior to that too i think 2002-2003..

It was my hausa neighbors that shielded us back then. we went to live in their house. I was a kid. Those were traumatizing moments for me.
I started having bad dreams of hausa thuhs invading our home.. Trauma from all this events are very real. As For my parents, they've become so goddamn paranoid. After that incident, omo, When i got admission, in 2013 at kaduna state university, i wasn't allowed to rent a room. I was traveling from gonin gora everyday to school.

I never stay up to 1 hour in town.. I remember during the boko haram escalation when one church, shalom, was bombed at gonin gora.. I was at school that time.. never been so scared in my life.
No transport home, no place to stay too. Everybody was running.. imagine me trekking from kasu to stadium round about through ahmedu bello way.. Fear!!!!!!!