ICC Note: According to several Muslim government representatives the conflict in Kaduna, Nigeria is mainly political and not religious between Christians and Muslims. Mohammed Bello Tukur, Senator of Adamawa State, accuses Christians of taking advantage of this situation and that Muslims are the real victims because they are disliked by Christians. Additionally, he blames Christians for the land conflicts and provoking the attacks. However, Christians are the ones that are forced out of their lands, discriminated against, killed and continue to be persecuted by Muslim radicals like Boko Haram, Fulanis, and other smaller terrorist groups.
02/16/2017, Nigeria (Deutsche Welle) – Hundreds have been killed in Kaduna State, Nigeria, in recent months in a long-running conflict between farmers and semi-nomadic herdsmen. It’s about land usage, but there are also ethnic and religious undercurrents.
Early in the morning the road between Kaduna and Kafanchan is almost deserted. It is generally best avoided as holdups or assaults on travellers are not uncommon. Even more worrying are the outbursts of violence between semi-nomadic herdsmen and famers in northern Nigeria which have claimed hundreds of lives in recent months. There is now a larger police presence and curfews have been imposed in some districts.
One such district is Zonkwa. It is home to Emmanuel Dabish. The pastor of the Bishara Baptist Church remembers the day when the crisis struck. “There were men who arrived on motorbikes. They opened fire on several local youths and killed three of them. Others were injured and had to be taken to hospital,” he told DW. The curfew, which has been eased in the meantime, didn’t help much, Dabish added. On the positive side he notes that this time there were no attacks in retaliation.
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