Regarding the Christian genocide in Nigeria
There is a terrorism problem in Nigeria, period. And it doesn’t discriminate.
Christians are being massacred, muslims are being massacred, children are being kidnapped from their schools, farmers are attacked and maimed everyday, whole communities are attacked and raided. This should be the bone of contention.
What I wish Nigerians understand is:
The more we separate our voices along racial, tribal, religious lines, the longer it will take for impact to actually be made.
The US government cannot save us, we need to stop looking outside of ourselves for a messiah. The US government have proven time and again through history they don’t truly do anything unless its to their benefit.
I cannot tell anyone how to express their pains but what I know is if these government-backed terrorists come for any of us, they’re not gonna ask for your religion or tribe before maiming or kidnapping you.
I do have a theory that this is a propaganda by the US government. Jude Bela, a documentary YouTuber breaks this down beautifully in his Investigating the “christian genocide” in Nigeria video, with multiple fact-checks.
I am not saying we shouldn’t speak our truth but let us speak the whole truth. Let the world know everything for posterity’s sake. Maybe only when we have shed ourselves of tribal or religious-based differences can we truly face the common enemy towards a lasting solution to our real problem - Bad Governance.
This is just my take, intelligent opinions or oppositions are welcome.
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Kenny Oyewale you’re right that calling it a Christian genocide misdiagnoses the issue. And that actually makes things worse.
Christian communities have suffered and deserve acknowledgement, but so do victims across all faiths and conflict types. Framing it as purely religious persecution leads us to the wrong solutions.
The US narrative focuses on Christians getting killed, when the real crisis is a government losing control of huge swathes of territory and failing to protect its citizens. “Christian genocide” justifies military action, which is the easy response. But what comes after?
This narrative is also dividing us Nigerians: we’re debating “genocide vs no genocide” when we should be holding the government accountable for allowing citizens to die.
very well said, we should not water-down the terrorism that affects nigerians regardless of ethnicity or religion.
I absolutely agree that it doesn’t matter much if it’s called “Christian genocide” or not. What matters is that Nigerians are being killed (and have been for the better part of a decade), while our government doesn’t seem to be taking the issue seriously. And even if they are, they’re certainly not being transparent about it.