Rikicin Kano, 1953

**Boren Kano na alif dari Tara da hamsin da uku (1953)** bore ne, wanda ya ɓarke a cikin tsohon birnin  Kano,  tana Arewacin  Arewacin Najeriya. a watan Mayu 1953. Yanayin tarzomar rikici ne tsakanin 'yan Arewa da ke adawa da' Yancin Najeriyar da 'yan Kudu da suka kunshi galibin Yarbawa da Ibo wadanda ke goyon bayan samun' yanci kai tsaye ga Najeriya. Rikicin da ya dauki tsawon kwanaki hudu ya yi sanadiyyar rayukan ‘yan Kudu da  yan Arewa da dama kuma wasu da dama sun jikkata.

## Lamarin
Babban abinda ya haifar da tarzomar shi ne rashin kyakkyawar dangantaka tsakanin shugabannin siyasa na Arewa da na Kudancin kan batun cin gashin kai a alif dari tara da hamsin da shida 1956. Wannan tsattsauran alaƙar ta fara ne da kudirin neman mulkin kai na Nijeriya a shekarar ta alif dari tar da hamsin da shida 1956 wanda dan kungiyar Action Group (AG), Cif Anthony Enahoro ya gabatar a gaban majalisar wakilai. 'Yan Arewa ba su yarda da kudirin ba. Shugaban kungiyar mutanen Arewa (NPC) da Sardaunan Sakkwato, Alhaji Ahmadu Bello, a wani yunkuri na nuna adawa, ya maye gurbin "a shekarar, ta alif dari Tara hamsin da shida, 1956" da kalmar "da zaran za a iya aiwatarwa". Wani dan majalisar wakilai daga Arewa ya gabatar da bukatar a dage zaman, kudirin da mambobin Kudancin AG da Majalisar Kasa ta Najeriya da Kamaru (NCNC) suka kalli a matsayin dabarar jinkiri. Duk mambobin kungiyar AG da NCNC da ke cikin gidan sun fita ne sakamakon yunkurin dage zaman.

Lokacin da wakilan Arewa suka bar majalisar, sai suka yi kicibis da taron mutane masu kiyayya a Legas waɗanda suka yi ta zagin, izgili tare da kiran su da sunaye iri,iri kaman siffanta Yan'arewa da siffan dabbobi don cin mutunci su (Yan'arewa). Mambobin wakilan Arewa sun fusata kuma a cikin shirinsu na  Takwas Mai Magana  a cikin majalisar dokokin yankin Arewa, sun nemi ballewa. Bugun karshe da ya karya bayan rakumin shi ne rangadin da tawagar AG da NCNC karkashin jagorancin Cif Samuel Akintola suka yi . Wannan rangadin wanda aka yi niyyar kamfen din neman mulkin kai ya zama sanadin rikicin Kano nan da nan. Ya haifar da rashin bin doka da Oda wacce ta ƙare da hargitsi. Rikicin ya faru ne a Sabon Gari yankin da galibi ‘yan kudancin Najeriya suka mamaye.

Tuni akwai rikice-rikice a Arewa lokacin da rangadin kungiyar Action Group arewa suka zo Kano a karshen mako na 15-17 Mayu, tashin hankalin ya samo asali ne sakamakon ƙiyayya ga wakilan Arewa a Legas. Wata zanga-zangar cikin tsari da magoya bayan Jam’iyyar Northern Peoples Congress suka yi a kan taron kungiyar Action Group da aka gabatar ya gudana a ranar 15 ga Mayu. Wannan ya biyo bayan. ƙananan yaƙe-yaƙe washegari. Rikicin da ya haifar da tarzomar ya fara ne a Colonial Hotel, a ranar 16 ga Mayu 1953 wanda ya kamata ya kasance wurin taron da kungiyar Action karkashin jagorancin Akintola za ta gudanar da taro. Kafin taron, hukumar ‘yan asalin Kano ta janye izinin ta na ba taron. Wasu gungun mutane sun taru a wajen otal din sun fara jifan mutanen da ke kusa da otal din, a yayin rikicin, mutane biyu da ake jin ‘yan kudu ne suka mutu, daga baya gungun sun yi yunkurin samun shiga Sabon Gari amma‘ yan sanda na Hukumar ’Yan Nasa sun ci karfinsu. Lamarin ya zama mafi muni kuma ya zama rikicin kabilanci a ranar 17 ga Mayu lokacin da wasu gungun 'yan iska daga sashin Arewacin Kano, musamman Fagge suka yi yunkurin kutsawa zuwa Kudancin kuma Ibo suka mamaye yankin Sabon Gari tare da samun nasarori, duk da cewa wakokinsu na asali sun sabawa Yarbawa, wadanda aka kashe a yankin Sabon Gari galibi ƴan ƙabilar Ibo ne.  An saci shaguna a kasuwar Sabon Gari kuma an kai munanan hare-hare. Amma an yi kira ga 'yan sanda na Hukumar Native da Soja tare da hana kara shigowa da wasu' yan daba zuwa yankin Kano. Rikicin ya kara zubewa zuwa yankuna na asali na Kano kamar Fagge inda kananan kungiyoyi marasa tsari na kabilu daban daban suka gwabza.  Mahaifina, Dennis William Lyndon, ya gaya mana kwarewar sa game da jagorancin wasu sojoji. Umurninsa ya yi tsauri game da iyakance manufofin kariyar dukiya da rashin tsokanar wani tashin hankali. Tare da sanya bayon dinsu ya rike mutanensa tsayayye kamar yadda aka kawo mata da yara a gabansa, hannayensu suka yanke da adduna da man fetur da aka zuba a kansu kafin su tashi. Wannan ɗayan mafi munin abubuwan da ya samu ne a matsayinsa na hafsan sojan Birtaniyya.

ItAn yi musayar fursunoni don rage tashin hankali, an saki ‘yan Kudu da aka kama kuma‘ yan Arewa sun sake su; An nemi ƴan Arewa da ke yankin Sabon Gari su bar wurin sannan aka nemi‘ yan Kudu da ke yankin Fagge su koma Sabon Gari kafin lokacin. Kimanin ‘yan Najeriya 46 galibi‘ yan Arewa da Igbo sun mutu yayin arangamar kuma sama da mutane 200 sun yi jinyar raunuka. Duk da cewa nan da nan gwamnatin mulkin mallaka a Najeriya ta kira shi rikicin kabilanci, amma shugabannin siyasa sun kira shi rikicin siyasa tsakanin mutanen da ke son mulkin kai a 1956 da kuma wadanda ke son mulkin mallaka ya ci gaba.

* Alaka tsakanin Arewa da Kudu ta tabarbare,.
* Action group da Majalisar NCNCsun yi ƙawance na ɗan lokaci don adawa da Majalisar Wakilan Jama'ar Arewa don haka sun haɓaka alaƙa.
* Bada ikon mallakar yankuna zuwa yankuna uku 3.
* Cire ikon shiga tsakani ta cikin dukkan batutuwan da suka saura
* Sir Oliver Lyttelton, Sakataren Jiha na Kasashen, ya sanar da cewa ba zai yiwu ba ga yankunan su yi aiki tare, saboda haka za a gayyaci wakilai daga kowane yanki don tattaunawa kan sabon kundin tsarin mulkin Najeriya.
* hakan ya haifar da amincewa da tsarin gwamnatin tarayya.

## Manazarta