Southern Kaduna carnage and conspiracy of silence

It is no longer news that the gross human rights violation in Nigeria is showing no sign of abating. At the risk of sounding like a prophet of doom; the unprovoked attacks and senseless killings of defenseless citizens by ‘suspected‘ gunmen is on the rise. Most worrisome is the recent war declared on the people of Southern Kaduna State by some supposedly ‘faceless‘ Fulani militia. KENNETH DAKOP writes that what is most appalling about the Kaduna debacle is the seeming conspiracy of silence from the authorities to put a halt to massacre.
WHAT started like a skirmish in Godogodo, a hitherto busy town along the Jos-Kaduna-Abuja highway, sometime last year has now grown in leaps and bounds leaving on its trail anguish, sorrow, tears and blood. The untamed wildfire kindled by deep seeded animosity amongst the people of the area for God-knows-how-long now has been further fueled by the blood of those caught in the web.
Quite a number of theories have been propounded and postulated concerning the killings in Southern Kaduna. Notwithstanding, however, the inter-play of ‘bad‘ politics mixed with a lethal dose of manipulation of religion for selfish ends by state actors can hardly be divorced from the crisis. Crime and criminality could be described as another hypothesis for the disturbances when viewed through a different prism. But from a wider perspective, the siege on Southern Kaduna bore all the features of a Siamese twin to that of Plateau and Benue states.

Female undergraduate allegedly runs mad after being beaten by lover

A final year Business Administration undergraduate of a privately owned University in Oghara (name withheld) in Delta State, on Sunday allegedly ran mad after she was reportedly pummeled by her lover boyfriend.

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Reports said her roommates (names withheld) screamed for help when the undergraduate who hails from Benin city, Edo State allegedly undressed herself immediately she stepped out of her boyfriend’s room few miles away from their hostels.

It was gathered that the suspected insane undergraduate allegedly took her phone out of bag and slammed it on the floor naked, brought out her clothes and set fire on them before the onlookers rescued her.

Corpse of 16 year old girl discovered after she went to see someone she met online

The body of a 16 year old girl, Leonne Weeks from South Yorkshire was found few hours after she was declared missing.

According to her friends, the teenager had gone to see someone she meet online. When she didn't return, her parents launched a facebook appeal and few hours later, her body was found in an alleyway in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. 

The police has launched a murder investigation and has arrested an 18 year old man from Dinnington in connection to the murder. 

Speaking on what happened to Miss Leonne, one of her friends said the pathway where she was found is a dead end and unsafe

Photos: Three female friends die in fatal accident along Akure-Ilesa Expressway

A group of lawyers heading to the Court of Appeal, Akure were involved in an accident along Akure-Ilesa Expressway on January 11th.

 Mudasiru Balogun, who posted the photos survived while four people in one of the vehicles involved in the crash, a Peugeot 406, died.

 Among them are three friends, Olayinka Adumasha, Bolanle Odibo and Aaron Beauty. May their souls rest in peace. Read his post below:

"AKURE-ILESA EXPRESS WAY SAGA. A CALL FOR DUAL-CARRIAGE LANE .Crusader of Justice using this medium to sincerely appreciate d protection of God upon my soul, 11th January, 2017 remained an unforgettable day in d history of my life cum legal profession as God narrowly escaped my soul and my learned colleagues DAT drove his Toyota Sequal along mine around IPETU-IJESA on our way going to the Court of Appeal Akure. Whilst pray for the death of four souls inside Peugeot 406 to be gentle rest in perfect peace and quick recovery for d survivals, Moreso ,i humbly call d FEDERAL GOVERNMENT to do d needful as d road has become over busy one and deserved to b expanded. May I sincerely appreciate d prompt intervention of FRSC in Ipetu-Ijesa command. Kudos to them. Crusader of Justice"

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