The Story of the Gideon Akaluka Killing: The Case That Shocked Nigeria
In the history of religious and communal violence in Nigeria, few cases remain as disturbing as the killing of Gideon Akaluka, an Igbo Christian trader who was murdered in Kano in the mid-1990s after being accused of desecrating the Qur’an. The Allegation Against Akaluka Gideon Akaluka was an Igbo trader living in Kano, a major…
