HISTORIC DATES OF IGBO MASSACRE ACROSS THE NORTHERN NIGERIA

MASSACRE (City/Town and Year)

  • Jos 1945
  • Kano genocide 1953
  • 1966 pogroms- over 60,000 civilians were killed
  • May 29th 1967- over 200,000 civilians were killed.
  • 1967-70 – over 3,100,0000 killed during the bloody civil war (Including the Asaba Genocide).
  • Kano 1980
  • Maiduguri 1982
  • Jimeta 1984
  • Gombe 1985
  • Zaria 1987
  • Kaduna & Kafanchan 1991
  • Bauchi & Katsina 1991
  • Kano 1991
  • Zangon-Kataf 1992
  • Funtua 1993
  • Kano 1994
  • Kaduna 2000
  • Kaduna 2001
  • Maiduguri 2001
  • Jos Maiden Crisis-September 2001
  • Kaduna 2002
  • Jos-November 2008
  • Beheading of Gideon Akaluka in December of 1996 in a POLICE STATION in Kano
  • Saint Moritz killed December 2001
  • Post April 2011 Presidential Election: 10 youth-corps men & women and numerous citizens murdered because a Christian Southerner was elected.
  • Jos Christmas Eve 2010
  • Madalla Christmas day 2011
  • Mubi January 6 2012
  • The many Igbo deaths caused by boko haram (which of course has the full backing of the northern elites).

And the list goes on. By the time you read this more would have died. The situation is getting out of hand and the Nigerian government has shown that it lacks the will and the capability to protect the life and property of Igbos in Nigeria.

The killings must stop. If you are Igbo and you are still playing the ostrich, it could be you tomorrow, me, or your loved ones.