perhaps we should see a video of the rioters killing innocent civilians too. . . .and dont forget that many of those rioters and al-majiris who do these killings are also under-aged. perhaps we should see a video of their victims being slaughtered like fowl.

ow11:

@pres_elect

You would also want to believe the 2 young men in crutches were mass-murderers, eh? It is very easy to console oneself over a wrong practice by seeking some form of justification for that action. That doesn't make it right in any way.

You are quite certain these rampant murders of Non-Hausas in the North will probably happen again without these young men murdered in cold blood.Therefore, the actions of the NPF is NOT justified under ANY circumstance and is appalling since these are supposed to be trained officers.

We as 'Non-Barbarians' have to petition and speak against the root cause of these riots even if it means using the murder of 'supposed murderers' as a tool for our insistence that the culture responsible for the incessant riots in the North be changed.

in the 1950s, the AG, a political party with a huge support base in the south-west wanted to hold a rally in the northern city of kano, a riot broke out out easterners, mainly igbos were slaughtered.

ok, lets start from independence

1966: anti ironsi's ''unity'' decree riots in the north. igbos and easterners slaughtered in many cities in the north including kaduna,katsina,kano etc
july 1966: pre civil war progrom, 30,000 igbos slaughtered allover the north
1980s: maitasaine riots in many parts of the north, gombe, yola etc. thousands of christians murdered in cold blood. Gen Idiagbon had to crush it militarily when shagari was overthrown. elements of maitasaine remained up till the late 80s
1991:reinhard bonnke came to preach in kano, anti-xtian riots broke out in kano, xtians and igbos attacked mercilessly.
1992:zagon kataf riots, kaduna exploded. northern muslims vs northern xtians. for the first time, someone was arrested, charged and later released.
1999:ife/modakeke, aguleri/umuleri, border communities in cross-river/akwa-ibom states, niger-delta uprising etc. thousands die. . . no arrests, no trials
2000: sharia riots. . . kaduna and retaliatory explosions in Aba and Onitsha
2001:Jos, a very peaceful city explodes with religious violence . . .
2002:anti miss world riots in kaduna. . . hundreds killed, no arrests, no trial, no conviction.
2004: jos again, jos would explode again in 2008,2009, and even 2010. . . (annual jos riots)
2008/9: boko haram came

the list is endless, i'm sure i left out a lot. ahaaa, bauchi riots of 1991, there are others too . . . not counting the senseless killings on our campuses

these riots have one thing in common . . . no arrests, no trials, no conviction. . . the killers live to kill another day. the judicial system in nigeria seemed ill equipped to take care of this mess and the mess keeps getting messier. what shall be done?

i dont want to come here and claim that i have the solutions, but i know something we all agree on. . . this has to stop . . .somehow

tunnytox:

no matter who they are and whatever offences they could have commited it still not right to the police to kill them like pigs especially without trial, haba

and talking of training, what kind of training did your govt give those officers? perhaps if the govt invested more money into police training and enlightenment, they would have been more efficient not just in controlling this mess but more importantly, preventing it. but someone used the budget money to buy himself a house in herffordshire and people praised him.

ow11:

@pres_elect
We as 'Non-Barbarians' have to petition and speak against the root cause of these riots even if it means using the murder of 'supposed murderers' as a tool for our insistence that the culture responsible for the incessant riots in the North be changed.

pres-elect:

while people like my friend ow11 are preparing to write their petition another 200-500 nigerians have been sent to mass graves in a terrible way. when i say this barbarism has to stop somehow people accused me of supporting the soldiers who shoot at random. i'm sure those hundreds of slain nigerians and their families would have loved it if a few soldiers were available to help finish off these fulani hoodlums who make no distinction between nama and human beings when they have their matchetes

@ow11
pls hurry up with your petition. time is running out

pres-elect:

and i insist, this nonsense must stop . . .somehow . . . anyhow . . . it must stop. and if it means using[b] nuclear weapons to destroy both the good and the bad, i support it[/b]. bc there comes a point when people have to understand that death is better than some living conditions. and for me, to live in my country, my village and I cant sleep bc of of fear of attack from my fellow citizens, who will kill both men and women, including pregnant women and babies. . . . .it is worse than death.