Draft:Beevan Magoni

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Beevan Magoni
NationalityNigerian
Occupation(s)Journalist, activist

Beevan "SickForces" Magoni is a Nigerian street reporting journalist and activist whose investigative journalistic works cover the crises happening around Southern Kaduna, a region of Kaduna State of Nigeria, which had been under the radar of Fulani extremists over the decades.[1][2][3] In December 2022, Magoni produced a documentary titled, “Southern Kaduna: Blood, Tears & Anger,” in which he related the violent happenings in Southern Kaduna to the origins of the attacks by the murderous elements and how those attacks impact the general population of the area.[4][5]

Activism[edit]

Magoni's activism grew more intense after the murder of his niece in an attack meted on his village Gan, in Kanai district of Atyapland, on August 6, 2020. About a week later, he staged a protest in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, on August 15, at the Unity Fountain and the US Embassy, with attendees composed of youths of Southern Kaduna origin, well-wishers, activists and journalists from other parts of Nigeria.[6]

In March 2021, his aged father got arrested and harassed by men of the Nigerian Army in his home after an all-women peaceful protest in the village against the military, in which a widow, Mama Naomi John, got shot and killed by the soldiers. Magoni would on the next day narrate to the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) saying,

“They entered my father’s house yesterday and tossed it upside down. The oldest man in my family, who is almost 80 years old, was arrested and harassed by soldiers.”[7]

In March 2022, he shared with a VOA correspondent, Timothy Obiezu, after the kidnap of over 900 passengers and the killing of an official in a Kaduna-bound train coming from Abuja in which the attackers derailed the railway line with explosives, saying,

"People are being killed on a daily basis. How many times have you seen that bandits have been arrested? We're tired of being killed, we're tired of everything, this is frustrating".[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Olayinka, Olamuyiwa (December 26, 2022). "Genocide Committed In Southern Kaduna!!! (graphic video)". Olamuyiwa.com.ng. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  2. ^ Magoni, Beevan; Kefas, Steven (June 30, 2022). "XCLUSIVE: How Attack Helicopter Secured Terrorists And Sprayed Southern Kaduna Villagers With Bullets". Middle Belt Times. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  3. ^ Juliet (July 11, 2020). "Deaconess Tortures Ward By Burning Her Genitals With Hot Iron, Fire". 247NNU. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  4. ^ Ọmọ Yoòbá, Adéṣínà (February 21, 2023). "As Nigeria goes into a general election, a street reporter shot a documentary on the rising violence and insecurity in Southern Kaduna". Global Voices. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  5. ^ Hundeyin, David (December 24, 2022). "Southern Kaduna: Blood, Tears, Anger [DOCUMENTARY]". Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  6. ^ Obiezu, Timothy (August 25, 2020). "Southern Kaduna Villagers Stand Up to Security Threats, Killings". VOA. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  7. ^ Oladipupo, Adeola (March 25, 2021). "Soldiers 'Kill' Widow During All-Women Protest Against Army in Southern Kaduna". Foundation for Investigative Journalism. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  8. ^ Obiezu, Timothy (March 28, 2022). "Train Attack in Nigeria Reportedly Kills 7, Leaves Many Others Missing". Abuja: VOA. Retrieved April 11, 2023.

External links[edit]


Category:Nigerian activists Category:Living people Category:Nigerian journalists Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

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