NIGERIA: A COUNTRY IN DISARRAY.
BY: BODUNDE BABATOPE MOSES
Nigeria as a federal republic is composed of 36 states and a capital territory. The country is estimated to have a population of 120 million. This population consist of more than 250 ethnic groups, with different languages and culture. There are four large ethnic groups which comprise two-thirds of the country’s population. The Hausa and Fulani in the North, the Yoruba in the south west, and the Igbo in the south east. The fifth largest group is the Ijaw in the Niger Delta area followed by the kanuri in the north east and the Tiv in the middle belt.
The human rights situation in Nigeria is alarming: the current extreme extent of violence in the West African country almost equals the situation at the times of the military dictatorship. The German public however has hardly any knowledge on that.
Solidarity with the Comitê de Resistência Popular
(Peoples Resistance Committee)
A house in the dockland area of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, that was vacant for more than 10 years, was occupied in December 2003 by a group of poor families organised by the Comitê de Resistência Popular. In former times this building was used as a source of income by letting it for different purposes. According to some neighbours the house was lastly used as a garage for private vehicles. Less than a week after the occupation the possessor of the building, the Irmandade de Santissimo Sacramento da Candelária (a confraternity of the Catholic Church), demanded the restitution of their property.
The Caravan is inviting you to the continuation of the Nigerian Campaign
on Thursday 12th August at the Paradox – Bernhardstr. 10-12. Time: 20.00.
Most of you might still remember the tragedy of the Nigerian environmental and humanrights activist Ken Saro Wiwa. Due to his uncompromising engagement against the destruction of Ogoniland by the oil multinational: Shell, the dictatorship of General Sani Abacha executed him despite huge international protests. There has been no doubt about the inhuman character of the Abacha and subsequent regimes and about the devastating practices of the oil companies. But the public perception of Nigeria has changed a lot here in Germany. Nobody is talking about the ongoing destruction of the Niger Delta by Shell, Chevron, Schlumberger, Texaco, Esso and others even when their activities are responsible for the social unrest and general insecurity of lives and properties in the Niger Delta.
Ajaga Christopher Mbah a political refugee from cameroon is presently in the deportation camp in Buren. Ajaga Christopher came to germany in 2002 and asked for political asylum because he was an active member of the southern cameroon national council (SCNC) . He had been persecuted because of his activities. He had been arrested several times for his political activities. Christopher`s life was in danger and insecured so he escape from extra legal detention. He escaped to germany, where he applied for asylum.
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Ajaga Christopher Mbah a political refugee from cameroon is presently in the deportation camp in Buren. Ajaga Christopher came to germany in 2002 and asked for political asylum because he was an active member of the southern cameroon national council (SCNC) . He had been persecuted because of his activities. He had been arrested several times for his political activities. Christopher`s life was in danger and insecured so he escape from extra legal detention. He escaped to germany, where he applied for asylum.
