Thursday 22 July 2010

FRESH TROUBLE IN JOS

The Nassarawa,Angwan Rukuba,Dutse Uku areas of Jos is now embroiled in fresh trouble as a result of the maza attack.Yesterday,the 21st of July,a burial ceremony for the victims of the maza attack was organized.On seeing the dead bodies of the victims,some christian youths were enraged and started rioting and attacking muslim commercial motorcycle riders.The muslim youths in other areas retaliated and there was lynching and killings on all sides.
I do not have relaiable figures of the dead but witnessed one lynching and there are reports of about seven to ten dead.Some of the victims include the husband of a newly married christian couple who was killed at Filin ball(nassarawa) and his wife macheted,an imbecile killed at Dutse uku etc.
Fresh trouble today is the case of the soldier who was firing at christian youth and was abducted and his rifle ceased by the youths.Soldiers are now making random arrest and drilling people.
Yours truly is on the scene and will keep you updated about latest events.
Pray for my safety.

Monday 19 July 2010

AFTERMATH OF MAZA MASSACRE



Still recovering from the maza massacre, we were informed at about 9pm that another village called Areh,close to maza,was being attacked.We tried to go to their rescue only to be stopped by the soldiers.It was a long night.Earlier this morning we made our way up the mountain and found out that one Mr. Mahauta Achi's(picture above) compound had been attacked and burnt.
I interviewed him and he told me that He was outside with his kids when his wife,who had gone to the bush to ease herself,rushed in to alert them that one of their huts was on fire.The only option they had was to escape and as they made their way out,they saw some figures beating a hasty retreat into the mountains.
At the moment the soldiers are on guard in the village but the people of Jos say they don't want the soldiers as they are not protecting them.

Saturday 17 July 2010

MASSACRE AT MAZA


MASSACRE AT MAZA

It was a cold,calm and typical midnight for the village folks of Maza village in Jos north,Plateau state of Nigeria.Unprepared they were for the feast of death about to be unleashed on them.
At about 1pm,16th of July,2010,the sleeping folks of Maza,nestled in their valley amidst the picturesque mountains of Jos,were rudely awakened by the cruel hands of death.A horde,militia style,had descended on their village from all angles and bringing with them cries of the banshee as instruments of death were freely used.Women,children,elderly men were butchered and houses,property burnt.The pastor’s wife,children,and grandchild and the counsellor’s family amongst others were the victims.It took the commendable effort of the military and security perpetrators to arrive on the scene and scare away the angels of death.
The style used by the perpetrators was similar to that used in the infamous Dogon Nahawa massacre,Jos Plateau.The perpetrators of these acts are still at large but fingers are being pointed at Muslim,Fulani characters.Jos North has been embroiled in the recent past in ethno-religious,political conflicts with hundreds of lives lost and millions of naira lost in property.
After last night’s massacre,this morning we took photographs of about ten victims.Only God knows the exact figure of the dead.Casualty figures were put to be about 500 for Dogon Nahawa.How many more are going to die before the government,religious leaders,politicians and stakeholders put a stop to this theatre of death on the Jos Plateau,the ersthwhile home of peace and tourism.

NB:These pictures are copyright of Godfrey Saeed Selbar and can only be used with express permission of the owner!