Adara people
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 381,000[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Nigeria | |
| Languages | |
| Adara | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Traditional Religion, Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Bakulu, Ham, Koro, Bajju, Atyap, Afizere, Berom, Jukun, Kuteb, Efik, Igbo, Yoruba, Edo and other Benue-Congo peoples of Middle Belt and southern Nigeria |
Adara people (also Eda[2] and Kadara), are an ethnic group in the Middle Belt who speak the Adara language, a north Plateau language of Nigeria.
Demographics
Some estimates place the population of the Adara people at around 381,000.[1]
Religion
About 55% of the Adara are Christians while some also adhere to Islam.[1]
Crises
Adara land had been one of the most peaceful places in Nigeria, until the present terrorist/herdsmen attacks on the people of Adara, especially in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, in the forms of killing, maiming, burning, looking and kidnapping of the people of the land by those who mete the war on them.
According to the National President of the Adara Development Association (ADA), Mr. Awemi Dio Maisamari, in an interview with Vanguard news, "Shockingly, government seems to be becoming an accomplice to the destruction of the law-abiding citizens they are pretending to govern." He also went ahead to allege: "There are abundant factors to show that Fulani terrorists have for long been on the offensive in Adara land just as they have been Nationwide."[3]
Earlier on, the Paramount ruler of the Adara Chiefdom, HRH Dr. Maiwada Galadima (JP) was kidnapped and brutally murdered in October, 2018.[4]
References
- ^ a b c Joshua project entry on the Adara
- ^ Roger Blench (5 July 2009). "The Eda [= Kadara] language of Central Nigeria" (PDF).
- ^ "Adara Killings: Southern Kaduna Indigenes Cry Out Over Daily Attacks By 'Jihadists'". Global Sentinel. Global Sentinel. May 25, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE: How Kajuru Monarch Was Killed For Refusing To Give Up Stool After Visiting El-Rufai". May 6, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
