From: Sati Fwatshak <sfwatshak@gmail.com>
To: okpeh okpeh <okpehokpeh@yahoo.com>, Toyin Falola
<toyin.falola@mail.utexas.edu>,
Franz Kogelmann <franz@kogelmann.eu>, j.chesworth@cmcsoxford.org.uk,
Dana Chivvis <danachivvis@gmail.com>, Philip Ostien <ostienp@yahoo.com>
Dear sirs,
You must have known by now, but for purposes of confirmation,
President Jonathan won the presidential election in a contest
conducted in the most open and transparent manner ever in Nigeria's
recent election history. Unfortunately "illiterate" supporters of one
of the losing candidates went beserk, attacked people in their
localities even though Buhari won in most of those states: Bauchi,
Kano, Jigawa, Gombe, Adamawa. Jos and Abuja (FCT) were also affected
to lesser degrees. I can not comprehend this. I spent the whole day
educating some of them in Jos-- at least those that looked
reasonable. The situation was bad in areas like Kano, Kaduna, where
innocent people, and churches were destroyed. Curfew was imposed in
most of the affected states. The riots in Jos were perpetrated in the
Hausa communities, where Hausa CPC supporters attacked those Hausa
people in PDP and burnt down their houses. One of the perpetrators
spoke to me and others justifying his action, calling the PDP
supporters sale outs, as if those people have no political opinion
except that of CPC. The situation is calm now.
Sati
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