By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna
There were altercations between Borno born Kanuri human rights activist, Rev. Kallamu Musa Ali Dikwa and some antagonist over a recent petition submitted to President Donald Trump of US, through embassy by Rev Dikwa narrating alleged orchestrated killings of christians in Northern Nigeria by Jihadists who masquerade as fulani herdsmen and Banditry.
Rev. Dikwa who’s the Director General, Centre for Justice on Religious and Ethnicity in Nigeria, had chronicled the outrageous attacks and killings of Christians, non -muslims alike in some parts of the north during President Olusegun Obasanjo administration.
The activist signed the petition with his phone numbers, which attracted reactions from the personalities across the catchment Muslims dominated northern states.
Amongst other things, Rev. Dikwa compiled his aggressive responses to his antagonist who held from Kano State, and made it available to our Correspondent which reads in parts:
“In the year 2001 when you’re brother, the then Governor of Zamfara State, Sani Yarima Bakura introduced the so-call Islamic Sharia Jihad law against the then President Olusegun Obasanjo appointment of Service Chiefs from the North Central: Benue, Plateau, Kogi and Kwara and all of them are Christians.
“Then killing of Christians started from Kaduna, Kano, Jos, Bauchi and many other places. In 2004 in you’re own state Kano Christians, including minority Muslims residing in Kano who are not Hausa/Fulani tribes: eg Igala, Ibira, Idoma and Yoruba tribes had been attacked and killed.
“The Christians and Sen. Moh’d Magoro and the committee invited me and I went with three people, we met with them and the promised to take serious action but nothing has been done. In 2011 DSS invited me and asked me to find the phone contact of the sponsors – So what are you covering now?
“Minority Muslims met the then Emir of Kano late Ado Bayaro concerning their attacks and killing, the late Emir advised them to meet the then governor Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau and they have met him but his responed to them was disturbing.
‘From 2001, the starting of religious attacks on Christians and their Churches begun, but no single Mosque or Hausa/Fulani Muslim were attack or killed untill 2014 when the attackers noticed that their sponsors withdrawing from open sponsorship.
“Replied to my letter from the office of the President of the Senate, it was refered to the Senate Chairman Committee on National Security & Intelligence”.
For obvious reasons bothering on his personal security, the Kanuri born activist volunteered a contact number of the callers, stating “This is the No. 07033800846”.
