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Viewing cable 07ABUJA2201, NIGERIA: NORTHERN POLITICAL TIDBITS FOR SEPT/OCT

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07ABUJA2201 2007-10-18 13:24 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Abuja
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TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1202
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UNCLAS ABUJA 002201 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
SENSITIVE 
 
STATE FOR AF/W, INR/AA 
DOE FOR CAROLYN GAY 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM SOCI NI
SUBJECT: NIGERIA: NORTHERN POLITICAL TIDBITS FOR SEPT/OCT 
2007 
 
REF: A. ABUJA 1626 
     B. ABUJA 1535 
 
THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED.  NOT FOR INTERNET 
DISTRIBUTION. 
 
1. (U) This cable is a roundup of recent political 
developments across northern Nigeria, including: 
 
-- Alleged Christian-Muslim Violence Erupts in Kano 
-- Sharia Court Bans Play Critical of Sharia Implementation 
-- Bauchi Governor Yuguda Probes Former Governor Mu'azu 
 
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KANO: MUSLIM YOUTH ATTACK CHRISTIANS, KILLING NINE 
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2. (U) On September 29, violence erupted in the Tudun Wada 
area of Kano state, 70 miles outside Kano metropolis after a 
Christian teacher allegedly displayed an offensive caricature 
of the Prophet Muhammad in his classroom.  An altercation 
ensued between Muslim and Christian youth, which eventually 
dissipated following police intervention.  Reportedly, nine 
persons were killed and churches in Tudun Wada were razed in 
the incident.  Other reports alleged Muslims in Tudun Wada, 
reacting against statements by the Christian Association of 
Nigeria (CAN) decrying Christians who converted to Islam, 
indiscriminately destroyed Christian homes and businesses in 
the area. 
 
3. (SBU) Initially, Kano government representatives denied 
the incident took place, but later claimed that a scuffle 
with communal not/not religious overtones broke out between 
unidentified groups.  On October 2, Commissioner for 
Information Haruna Dederi told PolOff the Kano Deputy 
Governor Abdullahi Gwarzo visited Tudun Wada on September 29 
to help calm tensions and restore order.  Dederi believed the 
media exaggerated the incident and speculated the ruling 
People's Democratic Party (PDP), in its antipathy for 
Governor Shekarau (of the All Nigeria People's Party - ANPP) 
and in an attempt to "sabotage" his good name, were actively 
"spreading rumors" (principal amongst them, Shekarau's 
ill-treatment of Kano's minority Igbo and Yoruba Christians) 
against his administration. 
 
4. (SBU) CAN promptly issued a statement condemning the 
treatment of Christians in the North.  In discussions with 
PolOff on October 15, CAN-North Secretary Saidu Dogo claimed 
the incident was a "conspiracy" instigated by the Tudun Wada 
District Head and Divisional Police Officer, both of whom, 
Dogo observed, have been "unwilling" to thwart violence 
against Christians.  Instead, Dogo argued, the police tacitly 
"permitted" the town's Muslim youth to attack Christians by 
not intervening in time.  Dogo alleged 8 churches and the 
"entire Christian commercial center" of Tudun Wada had been 
destroyed by Muslim residents. 
 
5. (SBU) Moreover, Dogo believes Governor Shekarau has long 
been complicit in fomenting hostility toward Kano's large 
Christian minority, stating "with a Muslim in power, the 
Christians do not feel at ease" and decrying Shekarau for 
policies perceived as inimical to the interests of 
Christians.  Dogo maintained that Christians are inadequately 
represented in Shekarau's government, asserting that 
Christians in order to achieve positions of political 
prominence must "convert to Islam", or "flee to the Middle 
Belt" to secure employment.  (Note: Under heavy pressure from 
inter-faith groups such as the nationally-known Bridge 
Builder's Association, Shekarau appointed two Christians to 
his cabinet in 2003 and used state funds to send Christians 
annually to pilgrimage in Jerusalem.  End Note.)  Dogo also 
opined that Muslims, as a result of feeling "threatened" by 
the rise of the Pentecostal movement in the North, 
particularly its "success" in converting significant segments 
of hitherto Muslim strongholds (i.e., Sokoto, Maiduguri, 
Kano), have begun lashing out at Christians. 
 
6. (U) The GON, for its part, pledged to convene an 
inter-faith conference to address latent inter-religious 
discord in the North.  (Note: The Nigerian Inter-Religious 
Council (NIREC), co-chaired by CAN President Archbishop John 
 
Onaiyekan and Jamatu Nasril Islam (JNI) President Sultan 
Muhammadu Abubakar, was created under Obasanjo to address 
religious crises in Nigeria.  As advisors to the GON, NIREC 
has been praised for bringing prominent Christian and Muslim 
leadership together and for aiding to diffuse religious 
tensions following riots over the past several years.  NIREC 
is scheduled to meet October 17 to discuss the Tudun Wada 
incident.  End Note.) 
 
7. (SBU) BACKGROUND: The Tudun Wada area of Kano state is 
almost equally divided between Muslims and Christians. 
Sporadic disagreements, even violence have afflicted Tudun 
Wada for well over a decade highlighting palpable unease 
between indigenous residents (predominantly Muslim, both 
Hausa-Fulani and a smaller group called the Maguzawa) and 
settlers (mainly Christian, Igbo or Yoruba) who have come to 
populate and compete over scarce resources in areas of the 
North.  To be sure, the surge in Pentecostal evangelism 
especially over the past two decades in Muslim-dominated 
areas of the North as well as confirmed reports of 
inequitable employment practices have stoked already thorny 
relations between Christians and Muslims.  While Governor 
Shekarau is claiming to have re-established order in Tudun 
Wada, the media did not sensationalize the incident, and the 
police quickly restored peace in the area, such events can be 
seized upon for political-cum-religious ends.  END BACKGROUND. 
 
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SHARIA COURT BANS PLAY CRITICAL OF SHARIA IMPLEMENTATION 
--------------------------------------------- ----------- 
 
8. (U) On October 9, the Kaduna Sharia court banned the sale, 
distribution, and staging of a play entitled The Phantom 
Crescent, which reproaches former governor of Zamfara state 
Ahmed Yerima (1999-2007), who championed the re-introduction 
of Sharia criminal law in the North in 2000, for politicizing 
the Sharia and employing Sharia criminal punishments solely 
against the poor.  (Note: The implementation of Sharia 
criminal law across the 12 northern states has been 
criticized by human rights groups and certain Muslim scholars 
for failing to curb political corruption and improve 
governance, as Yerima had promised.  End Note.) 
 
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BAUCHI: GOVERNOR YUGUDA PROBES FORMER GOVERNOR MU'AZU 
--------------------------------------------- -------- 
 
9. (U) On September 16, Nigerian dailies reported former 
Bauchi governor Ahmadu Mu'azu (PDP) was facing investigation 
by Bauchi state authorities over his administration's 
management of state resources during his 1999-2007 tenure as 
governor.  (In September 2006, Mu'azu's name appeared on the 
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) list of 31 
governors under investigation for alleged corrupt practices, 
but he is not currently under investigation by the EFCC). 
 
10. (SBU) The feud between Mu'azu and newly-elected Bauchi 
Governor Isa Yuguda goes back several years.  Yuguda served 
as Minister of Aviation from 1999-2005, but was later forced 
out reportedly at the behest of Mu'azu.  When Yuguda unveiled 
plans to contest for the governorship of Bauchi under the 
PDP, Mu'azu helped obstruct his nomination.  Subsequently, 
Yuguda de-camped to the ANPP and won the governorship anyway. 
 
11. (SBU) Mu'azu has since fallen on hard political times. 
He failed to capture the Senate seat for Bauchi-North and 
later attempted to position himself for a ministerial slot 
when Yar'Adua announced the ineligibility of former governors 
to such positions.  A proponent of Obasanjo's third term bid, 
Mu'azu has been criticized, and likely marginalized for 
failing to "secure" his state's House of Assembly members' 
support of the third term amendment. 
 
12. (SBU) When Yuguda arrived in office, he reportedly found 
the Bauchi state treasury empty and a state debt of 30 
billion naira (USD 240 million).  Reportedly, forces within 
the PDP moved against Mu'azu, eventually entreating Yuguda to 
indict him for misappropriation of funds.  Yuguda initially 
requested an audit of the state's local governments' 
accounts, which revealed that 8 billion naira (USD 60 
million) had been diverted for Mu'azu's private use, leading 
 
him to indict many permanent secretaries from Mu'azu's 
administration. 
 
13. (SBU) Yuguda is currently entertaining the prospect of 
returning to the PDP.  (Note: Other northern politicians who 
left the PDP for the ANPP -- including some ANPP leaders, and 
to a lesser extent, the Action Congress (AC), are considering 
the same option.  End Note.)  The PDP withdrew its electoral 
tribunal petition challenging Yuguda's victory at the April 
14 polls and have since, by and large, joined Yuguda's 
coalition government.  No outstanding petitions challenging 
Yuguda's election remain in Bauchi. 
PIASCIK