Federal delegation visits Kaduna

A federal government delegation visited Kaduna on Friday to witness the destruction that took place last week, state television reported. According to Information Minister Dapo Sarumi, one of the members of the four-minister delegation which toured the streets of Kaduna, the motivation for the violence was not simply religious. He said there was no "distinctive pattern" to the destruction saying that as well as churches and mosques, private buildings and government buildings had also been burned down. "I do not believe that the cause of this carnage is religion. I think it has gone beyond that," Nigerian television quoted him as saying on Friday. The three other ministers who made up the delegation represented women's affairs and youth development, solid minerals, and internal affairs, state television reported.