Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06LAGOS298
2006-02-27 16:44:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Consulate Lagos
Cable title:
NO NEW REPORTS OF SECTARIAN VIOLENCE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L LAGOS 000298
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR AF/W
STATE FOR INR/AA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/26/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV NI
SUBJECT: NO NEW REPORTS OF SECTARIAN VIOLENCE
REF: LAGOS 291 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Classified by Acting Pol/Econ Chief Shannon Ross for
reasons 1.4(b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L LAGOS 000298
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR AF/W
STATE FOR INR/AA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/26/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV NI
SUBJECT: NO NEW REPORTS OF SECTARIAN VIOLENCE
REF: LAGOS 291 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Classified by Acting Pol/Econ Chief Shannon Ross for
reasons 1.4(b) and (d).
1. (SBU) Violence in Onitsha, Nwei and other cities in
Anambra has subsided. However, police in Anambra remain on
high alert and a curfew remains in place. The Nigerian Red
Cross reported 8,600 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
remain in an army barracks in Onitsha, the most populous city
in Anambra State, with approximately two million inhabitants.
2. (C) Red Cross Disaster Management Officer Adeyemo
Andronicus told us that some IDPs in Onitsha have returned to
their homes, but most remain under military or police
protection. His volunteers reported 3,150 IDPs in two
separate army barracks in Enugu, the capital of Enugu State,
and 77 IDPs in Asaba, Delta State. According to Andronicus,
the majority of IDPs in the southeastern states are Muslim.
3. (C) Proctor and Gamble (P and G) Nigeria reported one of
their Hausa truck drivers was attacked and severely injured
in Onitsha last week. P and G has issued an internal company
warning prohibiting expatriate travel to southeastern
Nigeria, and their local sales managers are remaining at home
as well.
4. (C) Anambra State Governor Ngige's Special Media Assistant
Fred Chukwuemobe said the Federal Government and state
governments have agreed to prohibit the return of bodies of
those killed in sectarian violence in the southeast to the
north of the country. Chukwuemobe said Anambra State
government agreed on February 25 to prohibit the return of
bodies to their home cities. (Note: The arrival of the bodies
of Igbo traders killed in violence in the north was the
initial spark for the Onitsha unrest. End note.)
HOWE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR AF/W
STATE FOR INR/AA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/26/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV NI
SUBJECT: NO NEW REPORTS OF SECTARIAN VIOLENCE
REF: LAGOS 291 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Classified by Acting Pol/Econ Chief Shannon Ross for
reasons 1.4(b) and (d).
1. (SBU) Violence in Onitsha, Nwei and other cities in
Anambra has subsided. However, police in Anambra remain on
high alert and a curfew remains in place. The Nigerian Red
Cross reported 8,600 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
remain in an army barracks in Onitsha, the most populous city
in Anambra State, with approximately two million inhabitants.
2. (C) Red Cross Disaster Management Officer Adeyemo
Andronicus told us that some IDPs in Onitsha have returned to
their homes, but most remain under military or police
protection. His volunteers reported 3,150 IDPs in two
separate army barracks in Enugu, the capital of Enugu State,
and 77 IDPs in Asaba, Delta State. According to Andronicus,
the majority of IDPs in the southeastern states are Muslim.
3. (C) Proctor and Gamble (P and G) Nigeria reported one of
their Hausa truck drivers was attacked and severely injured
in Onitsha last week. P and G has issued an internal company
warning prohibiting expatriate travel to southeastern
Nigeria, and their local sales managers are remaining at home
as well.
4. (C) Anambra State Governor Ngige's Special Media Assistant
Fred Chukwuemobe said the Federal Government and state
governments have agreed to prohibit the return of bodies of
those killed in sectarian violence in the southeast to the
north of the country. Chukwuemobe said Anambra State
government agreed on February 25 to prohibit the return of
bodies to their home cities. (Note: The arrival of the bodies
of Igbo traders killed in violence in the north was the
initial spark for the Onitsha unrest. End note.)
HOWE