Members of the Hausa community in Onitsha, Anambra State, who fled the town following the two-day pro-Biafran agitation fracas, which resulted in the death of about nine persons and destruction of properties, are still into hiding.

When our correspondent visited Onitsha on Saturday, the baristas, shoe menders, green grocers, barbecue sellers and allied workers, who are of northern origin, had yet to open shops.

Investigations by our correspondent showed that most of them were still in the Nigerian Army and Nigeria Police barracks in the area, apparently for fear of attacks.

During the Biafran agitation mayhem, the Onitsha central mosque, a nomadic school and many other properties belonging to the Hausa community were destroyed.

An Onitsha resident, who spoke with our correspondent, said, “After the crisis, most of them only came out in the night to do brisk businesses and disappear again.”

Efforts to get the reaction of the Military Cantonment Central Mosque, where most of the displaced victims camped, did not yield any results as nobody was willing to speak on the issue.

“We don’t talk to strangers. Our leader is not around. He is the only person who has the power to talk on our behalf,” one of the victims said.

When contacted on the telephone, the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ali Okechechukwu, said the Police were in control of the situation.

He called on the people of the state to go on with their businesses without any fear of molestation.

He said, “The situation is calm. Nobody should be afraid or hide. The police have brought back normalcy to Onitsha after the storm and we are ever prepared to sustain the peace and order in Onitsha.”

BlackTechnology:
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Punch newspaper is owned by which part of Nigeria.? East or West

HungerBAD:
Nigeria needs peace.

Just imagine, if there is retaliation in the North? in the calculation and game of who loses more, i think it will be the Easterners. There is a reason, people have been begging these guys to take it easy.

In the game called "WAR" everybody is a loser.

Let us not start something, we cannot be able to predict the ending.

IgrigiHercules:
**grins** When will the north start their killings. We all know that in Jona or OBJ's regime they would have started their killings of christian Biafrans on hearing the slightest rumour of a burnt mosque. Now they are very peaceful because their brother Buhari is in power. This is a strong evidence that all the killings of Biafran christians in the north since 1945 were promoted by their leaders. Can i hear someone from the south shout 'one naijeriya' ?. **grins**

loopman:

Why do you miscreants like blackmailing? Is this new of Northerners living in fear and hushed in a mosque inside the military cantonment real or not? If not are there Hausas living in Onitsha without moleststions.
Una cup go soon full.

ikechu1278:


[s]Oya let's compare and contrast... Provide proof of Igbo burning mosque in Onitsha starting from last year till this year alone and I'll provide proof of Hausa burning churches from last year to this year alone. And let's see who did it the most. Deal[/s]

loopman:

Why do you miscreants like blackmailing? Is this new of Northerners living in fear and hushed in a mosque inside the military cantonment real or not? If not are there Hausas living in Onitsha without moleststions.
Una cup go soon full.

Provide proof of them hiding

Illiteracy is a disease.

Ahzyz:
we no igbo people wan to spoil dis nation


God no go gree 4 una


useless biafra.

BlackTechnology:






You guys can help them out

Afterall anything that can speed UN Referendum is needed