- Over 50,000 Christians killed in Nigeria in 5 years, American Activist Judd Saul alleges
- Backs data with Nigeria Terror Tracker Map technology
- Urges the US Congress and media to act fast
Recent reports suggest that certain individuals within the Nigerian government have allegedly spent $9 million on U.S. lobbyists in an effort to counter the controversial issue of Christian genocide.
In response, American activist Judd Saul has claimed that “over 50,000” Christians have been killed in the past five years, with an additional “130 casualties” reported since Christmas.
Saul, the founder of Truth Nigeria, disclosed this in a four-minute and forty-five-second video titled “Digitally Tracking Terrorism in Nigeria,” which was obtained by Advocatus Africa.
Truth Nigeria, a project of the organisation Equipping the Persecuted, focuses on documenting the atrocities committed against Christians.
“The Fulani are operating as usual.” – Saul
The American filmmaker and evangelist stated, “We compiled data from various sources within Truth Nigeria,” revealing that the killings continue unabated because “the Fulani are operating as usual.”
He also noted that through Nigeria Terror Tracker, an interactive map, they obtain details on who is responsible for the killings, the locations of these incidents, geolocation data, and information regarding each attack.
Realtime technology documenting Christian genocide
The humanitarian, who gave the name of the technology that records the killing of Christians in real time as “NTTmap.org – Nigeria Terror Tracker Map,” maintained that “Right now, what we have in the system is every attack that has occurred in Nigeria for the last 5 years.”
According to him, the map shows by local government area, state and date, insisting that “Every one of these attacks is geolocated.”
The activist stated, “If I click [on the] dot, it will give you information about every attack,” highlighting that “The red is combined of Boko Haram and ISWAP. We are going to separate that and doing Boko Haram only and ISWAP only.”
Explaining the Christmas Day US attack on insurgents in Sokoto, he said, “Trump went after a small portion of the red, which was ISIS,” clarifying that “if you take out state actors and security forces, the green areas are the Fulani attacks and everywhere they have attacked in the last 5 years, which accounts for the vast majority of all the killings. ”
American missionary and activist, Alex Babir, helps carry the casket of one of the seven miners recently killed in a mining site by suspected Fulani militiamen in Kuru Plateau State, north-central Nigeria. Credit: Alex Babir
He urged the US government to take the issue seriously, “if [it] really cares about persecuted Christians” suggesting that “The Fulani militia needs to be dealt with; Boko Haram needs to be dealt with, ISIS needs to be dealt with, but if we are ignoring the Fulani, we are doing a disservice to the Nigerian people and there will be more slaughter.”
Saul observed that “The American media thought, guess what? Trump bombed Nigeria, problem solved, persecution ended,” but the security situation has not improved.
How the US Congress and Press can weigh in
Citing the alleged cover-up by the government, the American stated that “there is 9 million dollars that has been shopped into the Republican, Conservative organisations, confirmed by this lobbying firm that is being paid to change the narrative.”
“We are dealing with people who are in complete denial; they are getting paid to deny the genocide.” – Saul
Providing context, he stated that “When I started working in Nigeria, I thought that once the world knew that all these innocent Christians and people were being massacred and killed, that people will just naturally do the right thing and would want to come to their rescue, especially people on what I consider on the Conservative and Republican side of the fence which is a no brainer.”
He insisted that “We are dealing with people who are in complete denial; they are getting paid to deny the genocide.”
The Rights’ advocate urged the media, congressmen, senators and people of goodwill to quickly intervene.
“If you take the Judas money and you start trying to change this narrative, we are going to hold you accountable,” he warned.
The founder of Truth Nigeria stressed, “We are not going to let you get away with this. …I can’t let paid conservative commentators take the Judas money and the blood money and cover the killing of Christians…”
“If you take the Judas money and you start trying to change this narrative, we are going to hold you accountable” – Saul
He maintained that “The fraud is going to get exposed. We should be doing the right thing together in coming to the aid of the innocent, [and] the defenceless in saving lives instead of playing political games.”
Saul indicated that he “received a calling to respond to the human suffering of persecuted Nigerian Christians after a visit to Nigeria in 2011,” to establish the organisation.
Positioned to report the atrocities of terrorists against Christians in Nigeria, Truth Nigeria aims “to protect, rebuild, and strengthen families in both body and spirit.”
