Dokument #1198852
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
Reports specific to the Modakeke Youth
Organisation including its structure, hierarchy, and problems the
organisation has had with the Ile Ife; and whether the government
supports the Ile-Ife, and targets the Modakeke could not be found
among the sources currently consulted by the Research
Directorate.
However, conflict between the Ile-Ife and
the Modakeke was reported in 1997 and in 1998 (PANA 25 Sept. 1997;
Country Reports 1997, 1998, 274; DP-A 30 Jan. 1998). The
Ile-Ife and the Modakeke, two communities in Osun state, reportedly
disagreed over the relocation of a local government headquarters
(ibid., IPS 6 Feb. 1998). "The Ife say they should have sole
control over the local governments because they are original
inhabitants of the town, whereas the Modakeke believe that they
have lived there long enough to have earned a claim to a measure of
self-governance" (DP-A 30 Jan. 1998). By September 1998, AFP
reported that more than 3,000 people had died, people had lost
employment and tens of millions of dollars in damages had resulted
from the 13-month conflict (3 Sept. 1998).
For a history of the conflict between the
Ile-Ife and the Modakeke, please consult NGA29933.E of 14 September
1998, available at Regional Documentation Centres.
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 see the list
of additional sources consulted in researching this Information
Request.
References
Agence France Presse (AFP). 3 September
1998. "3,000 morts en 13 mois de violences inter-communautaires
dans le sud-ouest du Nigeria." (NEXIS)
Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices for 1997. 1998. United States Department of State.
Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office.
Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DP-A). 30
January 1998. "Five Dead in Nigeria Ethnic Dispute." (NEXIS)
Inter Presse Service (IPS). 6 February
1998. Remi Oyo. "Nigeria-Politics: The Festering Wound of Communal
Violence." (NEXIS)
PANA. 25 September 1997. Paul Ejime. "Death Toll Rises to 30 in Nigerian Communal Violence." [Internet] http://www.africanews.org/west/nigeria/stories [Accessed 9 Feb. 1999].
Additional Sources Consulted
Africa Confidential [London].
January-December 1998. Vol. 39. Nos. 1-25.
Africa Research Bulletin: Political,
Social and Cultural Series [Oxford]. January-December 1998.
Vol. 35. Nos. 1-12.
West Africa [London]. 1998.
Unsuccessful attempt to reach oral
source.