Thread by @ChidiOdinkalu

Last week, Rev. Fr Nichodemus Benedict from the Catholic Mission in Idon village officiated in #MassBurial of 11 victims of the most recent #AdaraMassacres, in Makyali around 13 May. Departing from usual script, the #MakyaliMassacre was in daytime.

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The victims in this #AdaraMassacre included 6 members of the local vigilante. Makyali is about 55km from Kaduna city. The killings in Makyali took place between 07:00-11:00 hrs in daytime & the killers reportedly overran soldiers on their approach to the village
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At least 2 other members of the local vigilante in Makyali are still reported missing from this instalment of the #AdaraMassacres. On the same day, 2 other villages - Idanu Doka & Unguwan Rana Doka - not far from Makyali, were also attacked.
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Preceding the attack on Makyali, around mid-night on 12 May, abt 17 were reportedly killed in yet another instalment of the #AdaraMassacres in Gonan Rogo village. In response, @NGRPresident blithely condemned "attack & counterattack"

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dailytrust.com.ng/buhari-condemn…

1 of those killed in Gonan Rogo was Jonathan Yakubu, 36. He was killed wth wife, Sheba, 25; 3 female children, Patience,15, Revelation,9 & Rejoice, 6. Isaiah Jonathan, 13 & Ziporah Jonathan, 10 survived the attacks with multiple cuts on their bodies as did Sheba's months Old baby

Isaiah & Ziporah remain hospitalised. Jonathan Yakubu's 2nd wife & the months-old whose injuries from this instalment of #AdaraMassacres are not considered life-threatening, are being looked after in displacement in Kufana village.
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President of the Adara Dev Association, Awema Maisamari, says these #AdaraMassacres have included at least 63 attacks, resulting in 107 people killed, 49 injured & at least 111 houses burnt since Jan 2020. The govt hasn't said much yet.
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punchng.com/gunmen-kill-20…

It's difficult to list the full range of attacks & killings in these #AdaraMassares some examples wld suffice:

Weds, 20 Feb, Ugoakla village in Maro attacked, 8 ppl reported killed.

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Reports of casualty tolls include:

Bakira, 2 killed, 4 injured.
Kujeni, 2 killed, 3 injured, 30 houses burnt.
Kikwari, 3 killed.
Idanu, 1 killed.
Ungwan Rana, 1 injured.

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These #AdaraMassacres have led to massive displacement of Adara communities with humanitarian agencies reporting over 12,000 newly internally displaced. A new IDP settlement is building up in Rimau, site of the Catholic Deanery in Kajuru LGA.
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A peculiar feature of these #AdaraMassacres is the indiscriminate attack on children, many of whom have also been orphaned. Good taste preclude me from sharing clips or images. Some of the children remain hospitalised at St. Gerrard's & Barau Dikko.

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Beyond Kajuru LGA & still under cover of #Lockdown in Kaduna, killings have equally been reported in Chawai (Kauru LGA)

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dailypost.ng/2020/04/20/fou…

....in Chikun LGA too

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thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020…

....also in Godogodo, Jema'a LGA

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m.guardian.ng/news/lockdown-…

These massacres take place in the state that is host to the most elite 1 Division of @HQNigerianArmy. No1 has bn brought to account. Rather, elders of the Adara have suffered prolonged detention for complaining. Yet, the massacres continue
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Join @soniirabor4real in a conversation today as he discusses these & other #massatrocities in #Nigeria with @IerJonathan, @dr_alero & @ChidiOdinkalu ahead of the #NationalDayOfMourning, #NDOM20 to take place on 28 May 2020.

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