Religious Conflicts in Adamawa North Nigeria

Nigeria's multi-ethnic and multi-religious diversities coincide with the North and South divide, with Muslims and Christians dominating each part respectively. These have created geo-religious identities; a situation where religion and its concomitant tension generation enthroned a threat to security of the country (Ukandu, 2011). Ethno-religious conflicts on a scale previously unimaginable have come to stare humanity in the face with their attendant adverse effects on the socio-economic development of the society. Nigeria as a nation-state has encountered a myriad of complex ethnics and religious conflict involving different variables and stakeholders, as a result of which it has experienced economic downturn, political upheavals, civil war and a deluge of ethno-religious conflicts (Williams, 2011).Furthermore, Nigeria is a violently divided country, depending on the criteria for measurement, Nigeria has between 250-400 ethnic groups (Mustapha, 2007). These groups are divided into 'ethnic majority' and 'ethnic minority' based on their population size.