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[i]09/10/55


“Welcome back to NBC Radio News, brought to you by Sullivan’s Menthol Cigarettes. A taste of Sullivan’s is just what the doctor ordered. Now here is Martin St. John.”

“Turning to the international stage tonight, it seems what was originally small-scale rioting in Nigeria has blossomed into a full-blown civil war. A group of Muslim Nigerians have established a breakaway organization called the Fulani Liberation Army -- or FLA -- declaring the Northern Nigerian city of Kano as an independent region under their control. 

This comes after weeks of civil unrest across the northern part of the country, an unrest that so far has taken the lives of hundreds of civilians and over fifty police and Nigerian Army soldiers. The spark for the violence was the seemingly anti-Muslim comments from President Akinwunmi Jacobs during a radio interview last month.

In the weeks since the initial outbreak President Jacobs has seemingly doubled down on his statements about Muslims and has not backed down. Last week the president declared country-wide martial law and mobilized two divisions to the north to suppress protests and violence. 

The leader of the FLA, identified as only General Musa, issued a brief statement that read as, quote, ‘The President believes it is God’s will that Islam be broken. I believe it is the right and duty of every Muslim in Nigeria to fight for their religion and their right to worship Islam under the protection of the Fulani Liberation Army. I know me and my brothers will fight and die for that right, but how motivated are President Jacob’s Christian pawns?’ end quote.

When asked for comment, both President Jacobs’ office, and the British Foreign Office, which still oversees Nigeria loosely in accordance with the Federalization Act of 1937, declined to comment. More on this story as it develops.

Now to sports. Today the Brooklyn Dukes completed a three game sweep of the Pittsburg Pirates and overtook the New York Giants for first place in a tightly contested pennant race…”[/I]