Members of the Hausa community in Onitsha, Anambra State, who fled the town following the two-day pro-Biafran agitation fracas, which resulted in the death of about nine persons and destruction of properties, are still into hiding.
When journalists visited Onitsha on Saturday, the baristas, shoe menders, green grocers, barbecue sellers and allied workers, who are of northern origin, had yet to open shops.
Investigations showed that most of them were still in the Nigerian Army and Nigeria Police barracks in the area, apparently for fear of attacks.
During the Biafran agitation mayhem, the Onitsha central mosque, a nomadic school and many other properties belonging to the Hausa community were destroyed.
An Onitsha resident, who spoke with our correspondent, said, “After the crisis, most of them only came out in the night to do brisk businesses and disappear again.”
Efforts to get the reaction of the Military Cantonment Central Mosque, where most of the displaced victims camped, did not yield any results as nobody was willing to speak on the issue.
“We don’t talk to strangers. Our leader is not around. He is the only person who has the power to talk on our behalf,” one of the victims said.
When contacted on the telephone, the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ali Okechechukwu, said the Police were in control of the situation.
He called on the people of the state to go on with their businesses without any fear of molestation.
He said, “The situation is calm. Nobody should be afraid or hide. The police have brought back normalcy to Onitsha after the storm and we are ever prepared to sustain the peace and order in Onitsha.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Northern youths what are we waiting for Igbo's that living in our region, can we still watching this Biafrans doing bad things to our people who living in there region. We didn't ask you to stop your protest, but what is the fault of our people? Do you know that your Igbo people is living with us doing their businesses, who touch them or ask them to stop and leave our place, if the government didn't do anything about this, i swear to God we will stand and fight no Igbo man can escape from our region, government should look into this to ask them to stop attacking our people, what is their fault in your protest, enough is enough we warn you i swear, if not you will see what we will do. Nonsense i give you my word...
ReplyDeleteYou don't have to hide. We don't want to kill hausa civilians as long as they don't kill Biafran civilians in the north. We will only kill Nigerian security forces that have killed Biafrans
ReplyDeleteBut you also hide?
DeleteAbeg kill yourselves so that the Yorubas will take over. Instead of thinking about better ways of moving the nation forward you are busy contemplating genocide.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous 11:24am,stop displaying your ignorance. Read the news again,your Hausa brothers were afraid and ran to the army barracks for safety nobody is after them and nobody killed them. For your information, every living human can die. If you think 1967 is the same as 2015,then you need to wake up.
ReplyDeleteI don't pray any violence or war situation should arise in this country, but if it does,you guys will be in for great surprises.
By the way,I thought life didn't mean anything to your northern brothers. Why did they even run to the barracks when no one was chasing them?
Anonymous 11.24am stop ranting like a rabid dog. Do you think igbos in the north will fold their hands and you come and kill them. Believe me they will kill you first before you touch them in that your north
ReplyDeleteNobody chase una oh. Igbo are not like hausa fulani that love to spill innocent blood for the slightest reason.
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