No reports on cult and idol worshippers of gods called Agala and or Odukiri in Kano or elsewhere in Nigeria could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social,and Cultural Issues

Ethnologue: Languages of the World

Encyclopedia of Religion

IRB Databases

Keesing's Record of World Events

LEXIS/NEXIS

New African

West Africa

Internet sites including:

All Africa

Post Express Wired [Lagos]

Vanguard [Apapa]

Search engines including:

Google

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