from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, NigeriaABUJA, (CAJ News) – THE murder of a top politician has triggered ethnic tensions in the conflict-prone Nigeria. Some youths based north of Nigeria, which is largely Muslim, have threatened to “avenge” the killing if his assailants were not arrested within two weeks. The Igbo Peace Ambassadors (IPA), the conflict resolution group for the South-East geopolitical zone, has denounced the threats. Accounting for18 percent of the country’s population, the Igbos are the third largest ethnic group in Nigeria, behind the most-dominant Hausa and Yoruba. Between 8 000 and 30 000 Igbos and easterners are estimated to have been killed during the 1966 anti-Igbo massacres.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 31, 2021 16:18 UTC