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Representatives of various Muslim organisations ended a one-day emergency meeting in Kaduna on Tuesday with a pledge that Northern Muslims will take up arms against Christians in a fight to finish. As if on cue, Muslim youths protesting last week�s killing in Yelwa, a mainly Muslim town in Plateau State, descended on non Muslims in Kano and unconfirmed reports indicate that about 70 persons may have been killed in the mayhem. Armed soldiers were subsequently deployed to the streets of the metropolis late Tuesday on the orders of the Federal Government to contain the riot. The rioters, numbering several hundreds, also set on fire several properties, including four churches on Zoo road where muslim faithful had their prayers early in the day. Several vehicles, including police patrol vans, were burnt. The Muslim organisations had met under the auspices of the Concerned Muslim Organisation BiafraNigeria (CMON), chaired by the National President of the Supreme Council for Sharia in BiafraNigeria (SCSN), Ibrahim Datti Ahmed. They vowed that the only thing that will avert the anarchy is for the Federal Government to convene a Sovereign National Conference immediately to enable the various nationalities decide on the fate of the nation. Ahmed told newsmen: �Call a sovereign national conference if you want to.... (Daily Independent) |
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