Adara people (also Eda and ''Kadara''), are an ethnic group in the

Middle Belt The Middle Belt (also spelt Middle-Belt or Central Nigeria) is a term used in human geography to designate a belt region stretching across central Nigeria longitudinally and forming a transition zone between Northern and Southern Nigeria. It ...

who speak the

Adara language Adara (also Eda and ''Kadara''), is a language spoken by Adara people of Kaduna state and Niger state of Nigeria. The name Adara is also used to refer to the ethnic group. Some estimates place the population of the Adara people at around 500, ...

, a north

Plateau language The forty or so Plateau languages are a tentative group of Benue–Congo languages spoken by 15 million people on the Jos Plateau, Southern Kaduna, Nasarawa State and in adjacent areas in central Nigeria. Berom and Eggon have the most speakers. ...

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. Dio Awemi Maisamari is the National president of Adara Development Association (ADA) with his assistant Luke Waziri assistant secretary of the association.

Demographics

Some estimates place the population of the Adara people at around 381,000.Joshua project entry on the Adara
/ref> About 55% of the Adara are Christians while some also adhere to Islam.

Location

Adara people can be found in the sub-saharan African Countries and they are only found in Nigeria. They can be found in Benue and some parts of

Kaduna state Kaduna State ( ha, Jihar Kaduna جىِهَر كَدُنا; ff, Leydi Kaduna, script=Latn, ; kcg, Sitet Kaduna) is a state in northern Nigeria. The state capital is its namesake, the city of Kaduna which happened to be the 8th largest city in ...

like Kajuru and Kachia local government areas. Communities along the area include Magunguna, Idazo, Ungwan Galadima, Ungwan Guza, Etissi, Ungwan Ma’aji, Ungwan Dantata, Ungwan Araha 1 & 2, Ungwan Goshi, Ungwan Shaban, Ungwan Jibo, Ungwan Maijama’a, Ungwan Sako, Ungwan Maidoki and Ungwan Masaba.

Crises

Adara people have suffered from ongoing

communal conflicts in Nigeria Communal conflicts in Nigeria can be divided into two broad categories: * Ethno-religious conflicts, attributed to actors primarily divided by cultural, ethnic, or religious communities and identities, such as instances of religious violence b ...

, especially herder-farmer conflicts in Nigeria, including in

Kaduna State Kaduna State ( ha, Jihar Kaduna جىِهَر كَدُنا; ff, Leydi Kaduna, script=Latn, ; kcg, Sitet Kaduna) is a state in northern Nigeria. The state capital is its namesake, the city of Kaduna which happened to be the 8th largest city in ...

. The President of Adara Development Association in a statement accused governor Nasiru El-rufa'i as the main agent behind there suffering. The people had also writing a letter to the governor indicatig "we are suffering" from your leadership. Recall on the unfortunate slain of the paramount ruler of Adara Land, the Agom Adara, Dr. Maiwada Galadima, who was ambushed in October, 2018 on the Kaduna-Kachia expressway, after being abducted and later killed even after a ransom was paid for his release.

References

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