A gigantic digital billboard screen in New York City’s Times Square with the inscription, “End the Genocide in Nigeria,” has drawn the attention of the world to the incessant killing of Christians in Nigeria, a reality the government has consistently denied.
A US-based Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist has risen in defence of helpless Christians in the West African nation’s Middle Belt region who are consistently attacked by suspected Fulani media amid denials by government officials and lobbyists.
In an exclusive interview with Advocatus Africa, the Catholic Bishop of Lafia Diocese, north-central Nigeria, decried the general situation of insecurity in the country, insisting that both the government and religious leaders have an obligation to peace and security.
Nigeria’s outspoken cleric and the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, has criticised the government for its failure to ensure the safety of lives and property.
In the face of ongoing genocide targeting Christians in Nigeria, the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), United Kingdom, has partnered with ACN International (Bischof-Kinderman-Straße, Königstein, Germany) to launch an international campaign.
Amid the face of increasing political, security, and humanitarian crises in South Sudan, Catholic Bishops in the conflict-ridden nation have issued a call for peace and dialogue, urging the government to safeguard lives and livelihoods.
As the international community focuses on the killings of Christians in Nigeria’s Middle Belt region, American missionary Alex Barbir has criticised the Nigerian government for its failure to protect lives and livelihoods.
Reactions have trailed the Nigerian government’s alleged lobbying of the U.S. to change the genocidal narrative in the country.
