1. Jos,
June 22, 1945 - Over 200 people were massacred in Jos, and their properties
looted. The colonial authorities failed to institute a probe, and no justice
was obtained for the victims.
2. Kano
1953 - over 150 of Biafrans killed following the political riots in protest of
the so-called treatment of Northern political leaders in Ibadan.
3.
Between May and October 1966 - over 50, 000 Biafrans were killed in an
organized pogrom following the Major Emmanuel Ifeajuna-led coup of Jan.15,
1966. In July a counter coup was staged in which the Igbo Biafran General
Ironsi was killed in Ibadan with his host, Col. Francis A Fajuyi. Ironsi’s
murder did not stem the massacres, but it was intensified from September 1966.
4. From
July 1967- January 1970 over 3.5 million Biafrans mainly Igbos were killed
fighting for liberation in Biafra. The International press reported acts of
genocide against the Igbo in places like Asaba which were generally ignored.
Many Biafran civilians died mainly from starvation as a result of the federal
blockade and mass starvation policy, this policy is ongoing till date, the
latest been forex exchange policy designed to suffer the Biafrans.
5.
December 18th-20th 1980_ Kano, Kano State_ Islamic Revivalists (Maitatsine
group) attacked Christians and burnt churches; over 4,000 Biafrans who are
predominantly Christians were killed and their properties worth millions of
naira lost.
6.
December 26th-29th 1982_Maiduguiri to 1983 over 500 Biafrans were killed.
7.
February 15th -2nd March 1984_ The Gongola State (Jimeta-Yola) _ The Maitatsine
group attacked Biafrans; over 500 Christians were killed.
8.
April 23rd-28th 1985_Then Bauchi State (Gombe)_Maitatsine uprising: more than
100 Christian Biafrans lost their lives
9.
March 6th-12th 1987_ Kaduna State (Kafanchan, Kaduna, Zaria) & Katsina in
Katsina State_ Muslim students attacked Christian students at College of
Education in Kafanchan and Christians fought back. The fight later spread to
other places as indicated here under location. More than 150 churches were
burnt and over 25 Biafran Christians killed.
10.
March 1988_Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna, Kaduna State Government destroyed a
Christian Chapel under construction. This led to religious uprising that killed
many Biafrans.
11.
1988, Kaduna State (ABU University Zaria), Benson Omenka, final year student,
killed by Muslim students during Students Union election. Christian students
were also stoned, maimed and raped.
12.
1988_Bauchi State, Gombe in Bauchi State Secondary Schools, Muslim students
attacked Christian Teachers and students in GSS Gombe, GTC Gombe and GSS Bauchi
and other Secondary Schools in Bauchi State. Some of the Christian students
were badly wounded.
13.
April 20th-23rd 1991_Bauchi, Bauchi state: Fighting between Muslims and Christians;
more than 200 people lost their lives and 700 churches and few mosques were
burnt, when a clash occurs in a place that are dominated by Muslims, you know
what will happen to the Christians.
14.
October 14th-16th 1991_Kano State, Kano: The Reinhard Bonnke riots fighting
between Muslims and Christians as Muslim activists rampaged and protested
against a planned revival meeting during which a German Evangelist, Reinhard
Bonnke, was expected to be the guest preacher, they maimed unreported number of
Biafran Christians.
15.
October 1991, Plateau State: A Christian young man from Anaguta was beaten to
death on a field opposite University of Jos during election primaries of the
defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP).
16.
February 1992, Kano State, Many Christians were massacred and churches
destroyed.
17.
February 1992, Plateau State, Jos, A young Christian, married with one child,
was beaten to death by Muslims as he was going home from an evening church
meeting, at Yan Taya junction, Jos to be precise.
18.
April 15th-16th 1992_Kaduna state, Zangon Kataf local Government Area. What was
supposed to be a communal riot between Christians and Muslims and spread
throughout Kaduna State. Hundreds of people lost their lives and buildings were
burnt.
19. May
18th 1992_Kaduna, Zaria, Rev. Tacio Duniya of E.C.W.A, Rev. Musa Bakut and a
host of others were murdered by Muslim fanatics.
20.
April 12th 1994_Plateau State, Jos. Fighting between Muslims and Christians
over the appointment of one Aminu Mato as chairman of the Caretaker Committee
for Jos Local Government Area. 16 lives were lost and properties were
destroyed.
21.
1999, Borno State, Religious riots as Borno State government mooted the idea of
not allowing the teaching of Christian Religious Knowledge in Schools, this
same thing El-Rufia is doing now.
22.
February 4th -22nd 2000_Kaduna State, Riots began after a Christian march
opposing the implementation of Sharia law. Travelers were killed as they tried
to escape from their vehicles. More than 1,000 people mainly Christians died in
various clashes.
23.
February & May 2000_Kaduna State, Kaduna Christians in Kaduna were attacked
on two different occasions as Muslim fanatics protested against the delay in
introduction of sharia in the state.
24. May
16th 2000_Kaduna_ Muslim youths destroyed ECWA in Kaduna only hours after
peacekeeping troops left the area.
25. May
25th 2000_Kaduna state, several days of violence over the introduction of
Sharia led to the death of at least 150 Christians. Homes, shops and churches
were also destroyed.
26.
September 7th-9th, 2000, Gombe State, In Bambam, 25 people died as a result of
clashes between Muslims and Christians due to possible implementation of
Sharia. Properties damage was estimated in millions of Naira.
27.
June 2001_Jigawa State_15 churches and 14 Pastors' residences were burned down
in Gawaram. A similar attack on 11 churches occurred earlier in that year in
Hadejia.
28. 5th
August 2001, Bauchi State, according to the Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN),
Muslim mercenaries had attacked Christians in the Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro
areas on two occasions. The attacks left more than 100 dead and 3,000 refugees.
29.
7th-12th September 2001_Plateau State, Jos Muslims attacked Christians.
Properties were destroyed and people lost their lives.
30.
September 7th-17th 2001, Kano State, seven churches were demolished; six
churches set ablaze by a mob. Fifty-four churches given demolition notices and
seventeen churches demolished by the Kano state government. The Governor stated
that all churches in Shagari quarters of Kano city were "illegal
structures", just because his desire to get rid of Christians in the
state.
31.
October 7th 2001 Kaduna State. Muslim youths attacked three churches and 10
Christian-owned shops with gas bombs, setting fire to the buildings.
32.
October 14th-18th 2001, Kano State, As a result of Anti-American protests, 600
Christians went missing and another 350 were killed; at least five churches
were burned during the resulting riots.
33.
December 24th-25th 2001_Gombe State. A visit to Gombe State by the Israeli
ambassador sparked a riot, at least 4 people were killed, 50 injured, and two
churches damaged.
34. At
the beginning of 2001, the Islamic Sharia law was implemented in Kaduna State
and a particular incident in 2002 saw at least more than 1,000 Biafrans killed
in a particular riot and most of those killed were Igbos. Among those murdered
were parents of Victor Moses (Austin and Josephine Moses), current member of
Nigeria’s national soccer team that won the continental trophy in 2013
35.
Between February 16 - December 26, 2002 thousands of Igbo were killed in
northern Nigeria and the root cause of the killing and riot was the
implementation of Sharia law in the northern states of Nigeria. Among those
killed were three Igbo Christian pastors including George Orji who was killed
by beheading. This same Sharia law Buhari promised to ensure that it spreads to
end of country. Yorubas and Hausas are predominantly Muslims. You know those
targeted?
36. In
November 2002, hundreds of Igbo were massacred again following controversy
around the hosting of Miss World beauty contest in Nigeria.
37. 2nd
May 2002_Plateau State, Jos: Muslims attacked Christians. Properties were
destroyed and people lost their lives.
38. May
2002_Zamfara State, The whereabouts of two Christians charged with apostasy,
converting from Islam to Christianity, was unknown. Lawali Yakubu and Ali
Jafaru disappeared after a judge refused to sentence them to death.
39.
May-June 2002, Niger State, At least 75 Christians were arrested for opposing
the state's Sharia law.
40.
June 6th 2002, Katsina State, A Christian Police Officer in Katsina was clubbed
to death by a mob of Muslims after being accused of trampling a Koran. The
Police Officer had warned a Muslim preacher to stop inciting violence against
Christians. Afraid of being arrested, the preacher fabricated the Koran story
to provoke the crowd, just the same way the concocted a story against Gedion
Akaluka and beheaded him on the order Sanusi.
41.
September, 2002_Kaduna State, Federal Government College Zaria, Muslim students
fought against Christian students discovered that a Christian was likely to win
the position of Students Union President during a student election. Many were
killed and several Christian female students raped.
42.
October 13th 2002_Kaduna, Zaria, A clash over a student election at the Federal
College of Education in Zaria ended in the death of 20 Christian students.
43.
November 20th-21st 2002_Kaduna State, Kadoka and Kano Muslim mobs ransacked
Thisday Newspaper's Office and then began to attack Christian targets, damaging
up to 20 churches. Over 200 people were killed and 1,200 injured in the
attacks.
44.
December 26th, 2002_Bauchi State, An armed Muslim mob attacked Christians
concluding Christmas celebration. The Celestial Church of Christ and many
Christian homes were burnt.
45.
April 22nd 2003_Kano State, A pastor and 6 of his members were killed in a
house fire which was believed to have been set by Muslim militants.
46.
December, 2003_Plateau State, Rim: Christians killed, houses and churches
destroyed, individuals injured and many other damages were recorded as well.
47.
February 2004_Plateau State, Yelwa Shendam 47 Christians burnt in church with a
lot of houses and properties destroyed.
48.
April 2004_Kano State, Reprisal of Jos crisis: many Christians killed, houses
and properties lost.
49. The
APO-SIX killings occurred in June, 2005 in which the Nigeria Police Force
extra-judicially killed six young Igbo Biafrans just the same they are doing
now in the East/South (Ekene Isaac Mgbe, Ifeanyi Ozor, Chinedu Meniru, Paulinus
Ogbonna, Anthony and Augustina Arebu) in Apo-Abuja. Till this day none of the
police officers accused of this shockingly evil crime has been brought to
justice.
50. On
18th of February 2006 in Maiduguri and in almost all the northern states of
Nigeria, the Muslims protesting over the publication of the cartoon of Prophet
Muhammad by a Danish newspaper killed more than 100 Biafrans. The Muslims
attacked Christians and burned churches in the deadliest confrontation yet in
the whirlwind of Muslim anger over the drawings.
51.
February 18th 2006_Maiduguri_56 churches burnt and 63 Christians killed in an
orchestrated attack.
52.
September 2006_Jigawa State_26 churches burnt, with unreported number of people
killed.
53.
From March 2006 to July 2007, hundreds of Biafrans were killed in almost all
the northern states of Nigeria especially in Jos. The crisis was between
Muslims and Christians.
54.
September 28th 2007_Kano State, Tudun Wada, 3 killed, 72 injured, 8 churches
burnt.
55.
December 2007_Bauchi, Yelwa, Ten Christians killed and 47 injured.
56. On
October 8, 2007, another religious violence again broke out in Northern Nigeria
in a row over the publication of the cartoon of Prophet Muhammad by a Danish
newspaper and over 100 of people were massacred, majority of them Igbos.
57. May
13th 2008_Bauchi State, Ningi, Tafawa Balewa, six churches burnt and properties
vandalized.
58.
November 28th 2008_Plateau State, Over 100 Christians killed, 71 churches
burnt, 1,647 families lost their homes, 535 businesses burnt.
59.
December 2008_Sokoto_NCCF (NYSC) bus burnt.
60.
February 21st 2009_Bauchi_19 people dead, 12 churches burnt, 50 Christian
houses destroyed.
61.
29th July 2009_Borno, Bauchi and Adamawa States, a group called Boko Haram
killed Christians who refused to accept Islam, burnt their churches and
attacked security operatives.
62.
27th December 2009_Plateau State, Muslims burnt Baptist Church at Yelwa and
stabbed some Christians on the streets of Jos to death.
63.
29th December 2009_Bauchi, a group called Kalikato attacked people in Bauchi,
leaving 39 people dead and houses burnt.
64.
17th 21 January 2010_Plateau State, Muslims unleash destruction over 24
communities in Jos North, Jos South, Barkin ladi, Mangu, Pankshin and Dangi,
claiming numerous lives and burning Christian homes and Churches including
Bukuru Market.
65.
20th January 2010, Sokoto state, a Christian man was killed in retaliation over
the incidence in Jos.
66.
22nd January 2010, Kaduna Sate, Muslims attack Christians at Mararraban Rido
(close to NNPC depot) and sent so many to early death.
67.
28th January-1st February 2010 Gombe State, Muslims burnt ECWA primary and
secondary schools at Bolori, burnt houses belonging to Igbos at Duku, burnt
Yoruba Hall at Jekadafari and also burnt two churches with one vandalized.
68.
Between March 11, 2010 and September 1, 2011 over 500 Christians were massacred
outside Plateau state capital, Jos. This time the killings took place in a
mainly Christian village of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau state.
69. On
24th April 2011, more than 1,000 were killed in post-election violence in
Nigeria and among those killed were Obinna Okpokiri, who returned from London
to serve his fatherland and was posted to Bauchi State, and Eucharia Remmy a
graduate from the University of Nigeria in 2010, serving in Damaturu, Yobe
State. Muslim youths launched protests in northern towns and cities after President
Goodluck Jonathan, a Christian from Biafra, was declared the winner of the 16
April election, defeating northern Muslim Muhammadu Buhari, a former military
ruler.
70. On
June 16, 2011, a Boko haram suicide bomber drove a car bomb onto the premises
of the Louis Edet House in Abuja, the headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force
with a possible intention to kill Inspector-General of Police Hafiz Ringim
whose convoy he followed into the compound. He was however limited by the
concentration of security personnel within the entrance. The bomber and one
Igbo traffic policeman were killed, though authorities said up to six people
may have been killed
71. On
26 August 2011, the Islamist group, Boko Haram claimed responsibility for an
attack on the United Nations building in Abuja which left over 40 people dead
most of them Biafrans.
72. On
September 25, 2011, five Biafran traders were shot dead at Madala Market,
outskirts of Abuja on Thursday Night between 7-8pm. According to the report,
the gunmen stormed the Madala market and made straight to a shop believed to be
that of some Igbo traders and ordered them to recite the Holy Quran which they
could not do. The gunmen who were not satisfied with the development opened
fire on the five people at close range leaving them dead immediately. The five
casualties were later identified as John Kalu, Oliver Ezemah, Uche Nguweze,
Sunday Emmanuel. The fifth casualty is yet to be identified
73. On
December 25, 2011 Boko Haram claimed responsibility for Christmas Day Bomb attacks
at St. Theresa's Catholic Church in Madala - near the capital Abuja - which
left more than 50 Biafrans dead. Mr Dike and his children were roasted alive.
74. On
January 5, 2012 more than 43 Biafrans were killed in Adamawa State
north-eastern Nigeria. The first victims, 16 in all, were murdered on Friday
night during a service at the Christ Apostolic Church, Yola, the state capital.
Twenty-seven others described as mourners had been killed earlier on that day
at Mubi by gunmen while they were meeting at the residence of another Igbo
Biafran man who had been shot dead by Boko Haram Islamist terrorist group a day
earlier to plan for his burial.
75. On
January 11, 2012 Boko Haram terrorists shot dead four Biafran men who were
believed to be fleeing violence-torn Maiduguri, residents said. "Their car
had just pulled up at a filling station outside the town to refuel when
suspected Boko Haram gunmen in another car also pulled up and opened fire on
the Biafrans, killing them on the spot."
76. On
Monday Jan 16, 2012 members of the Boko Haram terrorist group again shot dead
five Biafrans in their homes in Maiduguri. Three people among those shot dead
have been confirmed as Igbos.
77. On
21st January 2012 at 2:55 GMT, more than 250 Biafrans were killed in a series
of bombings and attacks by Islamist zealots in the northern Nigerian city of
Kano. The terrorist group, Boko Haram, claimed responsibility for the attacks,
just to cover up their Muslim brothers.
78. On
16 March 2012, Mr John Nubrim was visibly traumatized after fleeing the
north-eastern town of Maiduguri following attacks by the terrorist group, Boko
Haram. According to him, "Only God knows how I escaped from that
Maiduguri. They bomb people over there. “They burned my shed. All my property,
all my things, are there," said the young electronics trader, before
letting out a short scream. "My parents, my brother and one of my sons
died there."
79. On
February 3, 2012, men of the terrorist group, Boko Haram, struck early in the
morning in Ajaokuta, Kogi State, killing four Biafrans. A police station and a
first generation bank were burnt by the group. In another incident, at least
six Igbo Biafrans were killed in Maiduguri by the same Boko Haram.
80. On
August 8, 2012, Boko Haram terrorists attacked a church in Okene, Kogi State
with guns killing mainly Biafrans. On the same day, an IED was discovered in
another church in Lokoja, Kogi state which exploded and killed more than 20
Biafrans.
81. On
Monday 19th March 2013, the whole world woke up to the sad news about the
explosion of five luxurious buses by Boko Haram at Sabo-Ngari area in Kano
State Nigeria, killing over 250 Biafrans and maiming several others, mostly
Igbos.
82. On
Friday May 24, 2013 at about 7:30pm. Kano Police Command Public Relations
Officer, ASP Magaji Majiya confirmed to 247ureports.com that unknown gunmen
believed to be Boko Haram terrorist group struck the Kurna Asabe area of Kano
and shot dead two Biafran business men- a Vulcanizer and an Electronics dealer.
Both victims hailed from Nsukka, Enugu State and were identified as Ibe
Ugwuanyi, 30 (Vulcanizer) and Eke Osita Joseph, 35 an Electronics dealer.
83. A
dark cloud of mourning enveloped the Ezihe-Umueze kindred in Uga community,
Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, as the people awaited the return
of their kinsman, Mr Nnamdi Ezebuala whose three children were killed in the
latest Boko Haram bombing incident that occurred on July 29, 2013 in Sabongari,
Kano. This very man eventually died from wounds he sustained from the bombs
which killed his three children. They were all buried the same day; four of
them.
84. On
September 2, 2013 gunmen on the rampage swept through three states of Borno,
Kaduna and Plateau in Northern Nigeria killing more than 50 Biafrans.
85. On
September 3, 2013 more than five Christians were forced from their vehicle in
Jos and executed in a ditch in the latest attack by Boko Haram terrorist group.
It was reported that these five individuals were executed by the terrorist
group after declaring themselves followers of Jesus Christ.
86.
Abuja, Fri Sep 20, 2013 12:32pm EDT (Reuters) - At least seven Biafrans were
killed by the terrorist group Boko Haram in the capital Abuja, when they said 7
multiply it by 4.
87.
Early in 2013, hundreds of people of Biafrans of Igbo extraction were
physically deported from Lagos by the Lagos State Governor and dumped at the
Niger Bridge-head in Onitsha for no justifiable reason. Which country in the
history of the world has ever deported its citizens from one part of the
country to another? The only instance that comes to mind is the transportation
of Jews by the German SSS to death chambers during the Second World War.
88.
18th December 2014, News24 Nigeria reported that over 100 thousands of
Nigerians have been killed by Boko Haram, though, Vanguard newspaper outfit
kept the rate at 5 thousand. When they talk about BOKO HARAM Terrorist groups,
Islamic Jihadists, Shariarist and Muslim terrorist and those they killed, they
are talking of Igbos, Christians and Biafrans in Northern and Central Nigeria.
Their methods of killings have been by bombing attacks, burning of Biafran
people’s properties, markets, Churches, businesses, schools, homes, and
outdoors activities where these same Biafran people gather for merriments or
repose. The Indigenous People of Biafra has determined that only in the
Sovereign State of Biafra will they really be safe and assured of their basic
inalienable human rights.
89. The
uncountable killings, maiming, raping, farm destruction, butchering, by Boko
Haram frontline armies called Fulani Herdsmen.
What
are you doing? Do you know who will be killed next? You better join the
struggle for your freedom than to stay-put and still die like a fowl.
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