Crisis looms in Plateau over court judgment on indigene–settler question

From Jude Owuamanam, Jos

Plateau State may be gripped in another round of crisis following the various interpretations given to a judgment of the Jos High Court, which granted indigeneship status to any Hausa person born in Jos.

Justice C. Dunglong of the Plateau State High Court, in a ruling delivered on 9 June, said the state is duty-bound to issue an indigeneship certificate to any Hausa…