Musa Ali Suleiman (aka Musa Makaniki) is a Nigerian. A close disciple of

Maitatsine Mohammed Marwa (died 1980), best known by his nickname Maitatsine, was a controversial Muslim preacher in Nigeria. ''Maitatsine'' is a Hausa word meaning "the one who damns" and refers to his curse-laden public speeches against the Nigerian state. ...

, he emerged as a leader and successor after his death. Despite Mohammed Marwa's death,

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riots continued into the early 1980s. In October 1982, riots erupted in Bulumkuttu, near

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, and in

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, to where many Yan Tatsine adherents had moved after 1980. Over 3,000 people died. Some survivors of these altercations moved to Yola, and in early 1984 more violent uprisings occurred in that city. It was in this round of rioting that Makaniki emerged as a leader and Marwa's successor. Ultimately more than 1,000 people died in Yola and roughly half of the city's 60,000 inhabitants were left homeless. Makaniki fled to his hometown of Gombe, where more Yan Tatsine riots occurred in April 1985. After the deaths of several hundred people Makaniki retreated to Cameroon, where he remained until 2004. He was arrested on returning to Nigeria, where he was sentenced in 2006,J. Peter Pham, 19 Oct 0
In Nigeria False Prophets Are Real Problems
World Defense Review. but later acquitted on appeal.Timawus Mathias

Daily Trust, Wednesday, 09 May 2012 05:00.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Makaniki, Musa Nigerian former Muslims Living people Nigerian Quranist Muslims People from Gombe State Nigerian expatriates in Cameroon Year of birth missing (living people)