Abuja: The Nigerian government has been accused of irrational allegations that it has exaggerated the propaganda of Christian genocide across the country. Garba Shehu, a spokesman for President Muhammadu Buhari, accused the United States of Europe and Europe of using media and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to spend large sums of money on Biafra (IPOB) nationals every month. Meanwhile, Boko Haram militants have killed 81 Christians in the village of Faduma Kolomdi in Borno state. Initial reports said 13 people suffered serious injuries. For about six hours, the attackers unleashed violence on the village.
Even when the situation is dire, the Nigerian government is using Christian homicide to politicize it. When innocent Christians are killed, the government is trying to blame it on many others. The statement of Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, is proof of this. Shehu alleges that Biafra is using the problem of Christians to serve their own political interests and to undermine Nigeria’s image internationally.
Meanwhile, the IPOB also came out with a statement to the effect that the Nigerian government had issued such a statement after they had provided the US State Department with information on the persecution of Christians in Nigeria. Ann Buwalde, President of the Jubilee Campaign US, said: “This is a move to divert attention from the government’s incompetence in preventing the Christian genocide.” The allegation that the government is silencing the Christian genocide in Nigeria is strong worldwide.
