Three persons have been reported killed in Bichi local government area of Kano after a wave of riots spread through the locality after locals accused an Igbo man of wearing an outfit which some of the locals believed was denigrating to Islam. Many houses,churches and business belonging to non muslims were attacked with many non muslims fleeing for their lives.Security sources fear that the riots may spread to other volatile parts of the north and they have been placed on red alert. This is another sad commentary on the way people respond with unnecessary violence in northern Nigeria. The only victor in these senseless carnage's is primitiveness,unrelenting backwardness,ignorance and promotion of medieval savagery. The development of the north has stalled and things are reverting back to pre- stone age era yet northern muslims still fail to realize that no good development can occur in a scenario that lacks peace. As usual government response has been the repeating of the usual rhetoric's asking muslims and christians to live in peace.
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