[size=14pt]New attacks on Christians in Kaduna state [/size] 
Posted: Sunday, July 11, 2010 12:57 pm

At least seven people, including a mother of six, have been killed by Islamic militants in Nigeria's Kaduna state just four months after attacks left more than 500 dead in neighbouring Plateau.

The charity Release International, which serves persecuted Christians around the world, is calling on the new Nigerian president to ensure greater protection for vulnerable Christians of all denominations in the country.

Partners of Release say that armed men in military uniform shot dead seven Christians in Kizachi Dawai Chawai, Kaduna state, on July 3.

The gunmen surrounded the village at about 8.30pm and began shooting indiscriminately. The dead included a primary school teacher and a mother of six. Five others were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds.

The following day, assailants wielding guns and machetes attacked Ganawuri, a village near Jos, in neighbouring Plateau state. The Jos area was the scene of brutal violence against Christians in March which left 520 people dead, including many women and children.

Release sources say that the gunmen in both these latest raids were suspected Fulani militants from Kaduna.

These same sources now accuse the Nigerian military of not doing enough to protect vulnerable Christian communities. One source reports that police had withdrawn from Kizachi Dawai Chawai the day before the attack, because the government had allegedly failed to pay their salaries.

Release CEO Andy Dipper, who is currently on a fact-finding trip in Nigeria, said: "We're appalled to hear of yet more violence against Christians, who have been warning for some time now that they feared further attacks.

"We appeal to President Goodluck Jonathan and his administration to take firm action now to ensure that the military and police carry out their full responsibilities and protect Christians properly. We acknowledge it is a huge task - but enough is enough."

President Jonathan, who is from the mainly Christian south of Nigeria, was officially sworn into office in May, after the death of the previous incumbent, Umaru Yar'Adua.

Plateau is located in the centre of the country between the largely Muslim north and the south. Along with religious tensions, tribal and political differences have seen an increasing polarisation between different ethnic groups there.

Kaduna, just north of Plateau, has also been a flashpoint for conflict between Christians and Muslims, most notably during the 'Miss World riots' in 2002 when a newspaper's alleged blasphemy against Islam's prophet Mohammed sparked widespread violence against Christians.

Release's Andy Dipper urged Christians in the UK and Ireland to stand with the church in central and northern Nigeria. "Christians in Plateau and Kaduna are standing firm despite intolerable persecution - but they desperately need our prayers.

"And let's pray too for strength and wisdom for those in authority, including President Jonathan, so they can find a lasting solution to end this cycle of violence."

http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=16471

These ppl will not stop sha!

See as my ppl dey suffer. Na so our enemies go suffer

I have become indifferent to this crisis. At first this was a shock, but now I am just getting numb to the violence. It is hard to stop a blood feud until enough people die.

^^^^
And exactly when would enough people have died?

Myself2:

^^^^
And exactly when would enough people have died?

Only God knows. Just know, that enough people haven't died yet. And more people will die until the authorities are able to separate the trouble makers in that society.

This story is just annoying. . Scheew. . Another case of impunity. . .

Beaf:

[size=14pt]New attacks on Christians in Kaduna state [/size] 
Posted: Sunday, July 11, 2010 12:57 pm

At least seven people, including a mother of six, have been killed by Islamic militants in Nigeria's Kaduna state just four months after attacks left more than 500 dead in neighbouring Plateau.

The charity Release International, which serves persecuted Christians around the world, is calling on the new Nigerian president to ensure greater protection for vulnerable Christians of all denominations in the country.

Partners of Release say that armed men in military uniform shot dead seven Christians in Kizachi Dawai Chawai, Kaduna state, on July 3.

The gunmen surrounded the village at about 8.30pm and began shooting indiscriminately. The dead included a primary school teacher and a mother of six. Five others were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds.

The following day, assailants wielding guns and machetes attacked Ganawuri, a village near Jos, in neighbouring Plateau state. The Jos area was the scene of brutal violence against Christians in March which left 520 people dead, including many women and children.

Release sources say that the gunmen in both these latest raids were suspected Fulani militants from Kaduna.

These same sources now accuse the Nigerian military of not doing enough to protect vulnerable Christian communities. One source reports that police had withdrawn from Kizachi Dawai Chawai the day before the attack, because the government had allegedly failed to pay their salaries.

Release CEO Andy Dipper, who is currently on a fact-finding trip in Nigeria, said: "We're appalled to hear of yet more violence against Christians, who have been warning for some time now that they feared further attacks.

"We appeal to President Goodluck Jonathan and his administration to take firm action now to ensure that the military and police carry out their full responsibilities and protect Christians properly. We acknowledge it is a huge task - but enough is enough."

President Jonathan, who is from the mainly Christian south of Nigeria, was officially sworn into office in May, after the death of the previous incumbent, Umaru Yar'Adua.

Plateau is located in the centre of the country between the largely Muslim north and the south. Along with religious tensions, tribal and political differences have seen an increasing polarisation between different ethnic groups there.

Kaduna, just north of Plateau, has also been a flashpoint for conflict between Christians and Muslims, most notably during the 'Miss World riots' in 2002 when a newspaper's alleged blasphemy against Islam's prophet Mohammed sparked widespread violence against Christians.

Release's Andy Dipper urged Christians in the UK and Ireland to stand with the church in central and northern Nigeria. "Christians in Plateau and Kaduna are standing firm despite intolerable persecution - but they desperately need our prayers.

"And let's pray too for strength and wisdom for those in authority, including President Jonathan, so they can find a lasting solution to end this cycle of violence."

http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=16471

The charity Release International, which serves persecuted Christians around the world, is calling on the new Nigerian president to ensure greater protection for vulnerable Christians of all denominations in

Release's Andy Dipper urged Christians in the UK and Ireland to stand with the church in central and northern Nigeria. "Christians in Plateau and Kaduna are standing firm despite intolerable persecution - but they desperately need our prayers.

I don't think prayers would stop bullets and machete strikes. what we see is the sad state of the nigerian police, a situation where military men are burdened with the task of day to day internal security while our police men collect 20 naira notes and harass the people they are supposed to protect.


One source reports that police had withdrawn from Kizachi Dawai Chawai the day before the attack, because the government had allegedly failed to pay their salaries.

this is pathetic.

What can we say or do about these these things happening in Nigeria

bawomolo:

I don't think prayers would stop bullets and machete strikes.

Ooh, You are right and I think it is high time we get ourself protected maybe in the traditional way by using ayeeta and other stuff along with bible

dobodobo:

Ooh, You are right and I think it is high time we get ourself protected maybe in the traditional way by using ayeeta and other stuff along with bible

Dobodobo in the Politricks Section,what a surprise

@OP
I'm indifferent.

this is  another terrible news coming from another  nothern state again.

This's the result of the chronic illiteracy that dominate the miserable lives of these unfortunates and the demonic traits that made them opportunist sociopaths.

Animals.

aieromon:

@OP
I'm indifferent.

Indifferent to the slaughter of innocents?

texazzpete:

Indifferent to the slaughter of innocents?

Indifferent to the lack of authenticity of the story.The story is not in the mainstream press,not that i care though.

why? why? why?

bunch of illiterates killing for a lost cause

IF THEY EVER TOUCH ANY 1 DATS RELATED TO ME?
I WILL DO SOMETHING

eros:

What can we say or do about these these things happening in Nigeria

Send all those fanatics to Pakistan. Naija doesn't need those vampires

I wonder kind of a religion teaches people to be so violent and desperately wicked??These Fulani/Hausa douche bags should be given their own country for them to destroy at will.

We are not one, let everybody go to his land

errrrh, why nowwwwa?.

God pls deliver us frm d hand of this islamic melitants

This same group of people are allowed to perform their act without punishment. The Federal and state government know them. The police and the military also know them too. They all have access to intelligence and if left unchecked another RWANDA or more than RWANDA is approaching very soon

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I think it's time the federal government set up a joint taskforce force to deal with this problem once and for all.ethnic cleansing or whatever the north like they should call it,something need to be done asap to maintain law and order in the north

these claims need to be authenticated before anyone here start crying blue murder.

snowdrops:

these claims need to be authenticated before anyone here start crying blue murder.

what exactly are you insinuating ?

IRAPADA:

God pls deliver us frm d hand of this islamic melitants

Even in the bible, the Israelites were fighting the Philistines not depending only on prayer and fasting for God to send his angels to come and deliver them.

~Bluetooth:

what exactly are you insinuating ?

correct me if i am wrong, the article is reported by a charity called Release whose aim is to defend persecuted Christians world wide. But there are always two sides to a story. It would be nice to hear from an official source or a verifiable eye witness.