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Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by CodeTemplarr: 10:39am On Oct 10, 2025
Gotocourt:
, "There are many killings affecting Christian communities in Nigeria. Whether we call it genocide or not is another issue, but what looks like genocide is happening."

Rightly said sir 📌💯

ECWA was known as SIM (Sudan Interior Mission) and still has churches in remote areas in Nigeria particularly in north central, north east and north western states. ECWA has a school call EMS which trains children of missionary workers killed in the field. Your eyes will bleed when you see those kids . They are in their hundreds.
CAN are mostly pulpit bandits
You guys have succedded in creating a "superior" Christianity in the north same way a superior islam was created there too. I am not suprised. The stronghold of the Fulani on the hausa ethnic stock transcends any religious affliation or traditional options.
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by Akpan107(m): 10:47am On Oct 10, 2025
Lanretoye:
They want to interject religion and insecurity…in recent times Muslims have suffered more in the hands of bandits and terrorists.
Muslims Jihadist are the ones killing people allover the place in their aim to cleans Nigeria in what they see as filths, in other to introduce Shari'a and the true worship of Allah the islamic god.

They made it very clear earlier that, any Muslim who don't support their mission or don't belong to their folds will definitely go down together with the infidels.

It's very clear that Muslims must not take Christians as friends or ally...

Therefore, Boko Haram want to bring pure Islam.
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by TOPMAN4LIFE: 10:57am On Oct 10, 2025
Image123:
The current one probably thinks otherwise. i am certain most of the popular and revered pastors think otherwise. There has been years of deadly insecurity, no doubt. But the claims that it is only targeted at Christians is either misguided or misleading.
Those criminals have razed cities, villages, farms, buses, markets, etc for years without asking if you know Jesus or not. It has had very very little to do with religion, but more to do with money, land grabbing, and political negligence.
Don't be deceived, their end target is Christian,
It's all jihad, when Muslims want to achieve their aim, they don't mind committing suicide, killing people of the same faith with them, that's why they carry out suicide bombings where many people including Muslims will be involved in order to achieve something.
The aim of this is jihad to islamise everybody, Mohammed laid it down for them, Uthman Dan fodio did the same thing to islamise northern Nigeria and the rest of then are still following it today.
Islamists don't believe in making you to understand, believe before you practice their religion, they believe in force and terror so that people will practice.
they will first of all create terror and fear by
killing many Christians and people who are not in tune with their beliefs, after they succeed, they will now force their Taliban Islamic rules.
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by TOPMAN4LIFE: 11:10am On Oct 10, 2025
Boerhavia:
Because Muslims no dey come Nairaland to dey shout like you. Muslims are dying more than Christians and you know. Continue the propaganda thats what you are good at.
na all of you and your family go suffer am. Make we sha break, leave Yoruba out of it.
There is no propaganda in this, when Islamists want to use jihad to islamise everybody, they don't mind killing themselves, killing people of the same beliefs in order to achieve a purpose which is to islamise by creating fear, terror and deaths which is why the Muslims like to carry out suicide bombings that also kill some Muslims.
Muslims believe anyone that die during that course is going to heaven to enjoy 7 virgins as their rewards.
Hamas in Gaza did the same thing when they started, they killed few Muslims that are opposed to them and other Muslims have to comply with their terror government.
That's the way Muslims spread their religion which is by terror, fear and deaths.
Mohammed laid it down, Uthman Dan fodio use it to islamise the northern Nigeria by killing the Hausas and their rulers replaced with Emirs.
The same strategy the Islamists are still using in northern Nigeria, they are killing large numbers of Christians and few Muslims for the purpose of jihad to islamise the whole northern Nigeria
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by AgentNairaland(f): 11:11am On Oct 10, 2025
Lanretoye:
They want to interject religion and insecurity…in recent times Muslims have suffered more in the hands of bandits and terrorists.
How many of your imams, sheikhs, etc have been kidnapped, k- lled compare to numbers of Pastors, Bishops, slaughtered in recent times?
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by Guestmale: 11:11am On Oct 10, 2025
IgOga:
God bless you Sir. I was born in ECWA and we have experienced killings of our members since I was of age. I know my friends in the South have no idea of the persecution until Bokoharam declared a public war.

It is all jihad. The violent religion that claims to be peaceful is raiding the country. Just like ISIS they want an Islamic caliphate. They cannot persuade anyone to follow their violent religion rather they conquer lands with deception & violence and force people to accept their religion and to leave Islam is death. They even see their children as infidels if they leave the religion. Muslims are conquered people. They are not allowed to question anything. Just research the life of Mohammed and you will be out of the religion asap.
The gruesome killing of that innocent Deborah by the religion fanatics in Sokoto is still fresh in the mind.
The blood of that innocent lady will continue to hunt them.
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by Aeman(m): 11:24am On Oct 10, 2025
First person with sense I have seen so far
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by GenFunction: 11:35am On Oct 10, 2025
But na lie?
Smh for fg,coman see them shamelessly defending their jonzing
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by GenFunction: 11:37am On Oct 10, 2025
Pootle:
that CAN are politician in pastoral robes

the same CAN that use its air plane to ship billions in cash to south africa some times ago.

this when this so call big men of gods need to talk out, some of them their churches and members are victims yet they keep shut, on sunday now them go dey quote whatever arriving for sermon with convoy and conning their followers that god will protect them and on the podium he saying that like 10 men dressed and looking like DSS officials are around him.
You drifted from the main point.
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by GenFunction: 11:38am On Oct 10, 2025
Lanretoye:
They want to interject religion and insecurity…in recent times Muslims have suffered more in the hands of bandits and terrorists.
The same monsters they made.
P.s The Muslims never even suffer small of wetin Christians dey contact,u know the truth.
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by GenFunction: 11:40am On Oct 10, 2025
RemoveKebab:
Why do Muslims only remember the death of their fellow Muslims at the hands of their fellow muslims WHEN CHRISTIANS COME TO RAISE AWARENESS about their deaths and displacement at the hands of Islamic terrorists
Louder pls
This na correct word
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by GenFunction: 11:42am On Oct 10, 2025
Lanretoye:
They want to interject religion and insecurity…in recent times Muslims have suffered more in the hands of bandits and terrorists.
Why do Muslims only remember the death of their fellow Muslims at the hands of their fellow muslims WHEN CHRISTIANS COME TO RAISE AWARENESS about their deaths and displacement at the hands of Islamic terrorists

Don't be sentimental .
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by udemzyudex(m): 11:49am On Oct 10, 2025
ECWA pastors are the most targeted in the north.

So they have every reason to speak out and defend it.
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by Yankee101: 11:58am On Oct 10, 2025
Only core northern churches like ECWA and COCIN will give you facts
They are the ones that build far into northern Nigeria and not just the more secure state capitals
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by DeOTR: 11:58am On Oct 10, 2025
udemzyudex:
ECWA pastors are the most targeted in the north.

So they have every reason to speak out and defend it.
That's the because if there's only one church in a very remote village in the Core North, then be sure it's ECWA. The church is everywhere in the North. Islam is the worse thing that happened to mankind.
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by SoaringLife01: 12:16pm On Oct 10, 2025
Let's face the fact, Christians mostly in the Northern part of Nigeria are mainly the target of those bloodletting Islamic Jihadists.
We have Christians community in the North , where they have been practicing Christianity for centuries.
The world is watching the systematic killings of Christians in Northern Nigeria and it is not a surprise that a United States senator is making this known.
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by skywalker240(m): 12:24pm On Oct 10, 2025
TOPMAN4LIFE:
Don't be deceived, their end target is Christian,
It's all jihad, when Muslims want to achieve their aim, they don't mind committing suicide, killing people of the same faith with them, that's why they carry out suicide bombings where many people including Muslims will be involved in order to achieve something.
The aim of this is jihad to islamise everybody, Mohammed laid it down for them, Uthman Dan fodio did the same thing to islamise northern Nigeria and the rest of then are still following it today.
Islamists don't believe in making you to understand, believe before you practice their religion, they believe in force and terror so that people will practice.
they will first of all create terror and fear by
killing many Christians and people who are not in tune with their beliefs, after they succeed, they will now force their Taliban Islamic rules.
That's why every southerner and Christian should wake up

It took medieval Europe almost a 850 years (that's almost a millinium) to drive the berbers, the syrians and the Arabs away from Europe after what they did in Europe. (Yeah they almost conquered Europe)
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by Image123(m): 12:45pm On Oct 10, 2025
TOPMAN4LIFE:
Don't be deceived, their end target is Christian,
It's all jihad, when Muslims want to achieve their aim, they don't mind committing suicide, killing people of the same faith with them, that's why they carry out suicide bombings where many people including Muslims will be involved in order to achieve something.
The aim of this is jihad to islamise everybody, Mohammed laid it down for them, Uthman Dan fodio did the same thing to islamise northern Nigeria and the rest of then are still following it today.
Islamists don't believe in making you to understand, believe before you practice their religion, they believe in force and terror so that people will practice.
they will first of all create terror and fear by
killing many Christians and people who are not in tune with their beliefs, after they succeed, they will now force their Taliban Islamic rules.
And you should be able to discern politically motivated propaganda.
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by TOPMAN4LIFE: 12:48pm On Oct 10, 2025
Image123:
And you should be able to discern politically motivated propaganda.
The motive of killing Christians especially in northern Nigeria is purely religious,
It didn't start today, Mohammed did it against Christian and Jew and pass it to others Islamists
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by Emusan(m): 12:53pm On Oct 10, 2025
Image123:
The current one probably thinks otherwise. i am certain most of the popular and revered pastors think otherwise. There has been years of deadly insecurity, no doubt. But the claims that it is only targeted at Christians is either misguided or misleading.
Those criminals have razed cities, villages, farms, buses, markets, etc for years without asking if you know Jesus or not. It has had very very little to do with religion, but more to do with money, land grabbing, and political negligence.
You people are just so dishonest not that this is even coming from someone who claimed to be a follower of Christ.

because you people in APC want to change the narration, you decided to twist what people are challenging.

Where did you see people saying ONLY CHRISTIANS are being TARGETED?

What people have been saying is that, there's a GENOCIDE AGAINST CHRISTIAN in Nigeria.

Can you deny this?

Even Tinubu you're dancing for today, once acknowledged the fact that Christians are being killed.

I challenge you to provide anywhere Tinubu talked about another group being killed before.
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by Emusan(m): 12:58pm On Oct 10, 2025
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And you should be able to discern politically motivated propaganda.
So it politically motivated propaganda but we see this being playing out in our own korokoro eyes.

I stay in the north and I have heard many teachings against Christians in an open place like market, parks e.t.c from Imams

Are you saying there's no GENOCIDE AGAINST CHRISTIAN in Nigeria?

I've spent month in Bokkos in Plateau State and my sister married from there.

Can you go to Bokko Market and say openly that Christians are not being killed?
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by almarthins(m): 1:27pm On Oct 10, 2025
Gotocourt:
, "There are many killings affecting Christian communities in Nigeria. Whether we call it genocide or not is another issue, but what looks like genocide is happening."

Rightly said sir 📌💯

ECWA was known as SIM (Sudan Interior Mission) and still has churches in remote areas in Nigeria particularly in north central, north east and north western states. ECWA has a school call EMS which trains children of missionary workers killed in the field. Your eyes will bleed when you see those kids . They are in their hundreds.
CAN are mostly pulpit bandits
CAN does not represent Christians anymore, but has become the mouth piece of whoever control the centre. Most of them are corrupt, no christ like character in them. They have departed from the faith once delivered unto the Saints.
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by mastermaestro(m): 1:56pm On Oct 10, 2025
Lanretoye:
They want to interject religion and insecurity…in recent times Muslims have suffered more in the hands of bandits and terrorists.
When a snake can no longer find enough chicken eggs to swallow, it devours its own. I hope this helps. sad
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by Safyqueen: 3:29pm On Oct 10, 2025
freeborn02:
We already know them. They are those people that their fake prophet told them to kill Jews and Christians
Those are the people masquerading as Muslims chanting ALLAHU AKBAR so that people can say they are Muslims while they are otherwise but killing Muslims in the mosque.
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by OLAADEGBU(op): 5:02pm On Oct 10, 2025
Nigerian Air Force Officer Threatens To Kill, Cut Christian Activist Into Pieces Over ‘Christian Genocide’ Posts, Later Apologises
October 10, 2025
NEWS

A social media user, known online as “Preach The Gospel”, has raised the alarm alleging that a Nigerian Air Force officer threatened to cut him into pieces following posts about the alleged targeted killing of Christians in Nigeria.

The threat, posted on TikTok and shared by the social media user on X, allegedly originated from an officer identified as Jamilu M Sarki, who, according to the user, mentioned the state and area where he resides.

The user wrote, “This is the pictures of the Military Officer who threaten my life because I speak against the Christians genocide in Nigeria. He has mentioned the state and the area where I am staying. Below are his pictures, profile, and the threat.”

The threat, written in Hausa and circulated by the social media user, stated, “May Allah bring me together with you, just the two of us. You will see what I will do to you because your blood is permissible. I will cut you into pieces with you, you cursed useless one.”

The user later posted an update on X saying the officer had sent a letter of apology and captioned it “LETTER OF APOLOGY FROM THE AIR FORCE MAN!”

"Dear Evangelist Musa, I want to say sorry from my heart. I was very wrong to threaten your life. My words were hurtful and completely unfair to you. I realize now how much I hurt you, and I feel very bad about it

“Threatening someone is never the answer, and I am sorry for what I said. I was angry and made a big mistake. You did not deserve to be treated that way, and I want you to know that I truly regret my actions

“I never wanted to make you feel scared or hurt. I understand the seriousness of what I said, and I am very sorry for causing you pain. Please forgive me for my words. I promise to think better and control my anger in the future.

“I value you and respect you more than my anger. I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me. I will do my best to be a better person and to never say such things again.”

Responding to the apology, the user wrote, “Sir, I have forgiven you from the depth of my heart. I really hope we can move forward and mend what you have broken. Best wishes.”

SaharaReporters had earlier reported that U.S. Congressman Riley M. Moore described Nigeria as the "deadliest place in the world to be a Christian," citing over 7,000 Christian deaths in 2025 alone.

He called for the U.S. to halt arms sales to Nigeria and redesignate it as a "Country of Particular Concern" under the International Religious Freedom Act.

Moore also accused Nigerian officials of enabling or ignoring targeted violence against Christians, prompting diplomatic tensions and strong rebuttals from Nigeria’s government and legislature.

Similarly, U.S. Senators, led by Ted Cruz, introduced the Nigeria Religious Freedom Accountability Act of 2025, seeking to impose targeted sanctions on Nigerian officials accused of facilitating violence against Christians or enforcing blasphemy laws.

Cruz claimed that over 52,000 Christians have been murdered since 2009, and 20,000 churches destroyed.

Also, former General Secretary of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Rev. Yunusa Nmadu, corroborated claims by U.S. senators that Christians in Nigeria are facing a systematic genocide.

Speaking at a book launch in Kaduna State University, Nmadu stated, "There are many killings affecting Christian communities in Nigeria. Whether we call it genocide or not is another issue, but what looks like genocide is happening."

He implored the Nigerian government to take drastic action to halt the bloodshed.

Meanwhile, the Nigerian government has consistently refuted allegations of religious genocide.

The government dismissed reports suggesting that terrorists in Nigeria are carrying out a systematic genocide against Christians, stating that terrorists target all Nigerians, not only Christians.

The government attributes the violence to terrorism, banditry, communal violence, and insurgency affecting all faiths.

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The threat, posted on TikTok and shared by the social media user on X, allegedly originated from an officer identified as Jamilu M Sarki, who, according to the user, mentioned the state and area where he resides.

Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by Image123(m): 6:52pm On Oct 10, 2025
TOPMAN4LIFE:
The motive of killing Christians especially in northern Nigeria is purely religious,
It didn't start today, Mohammed did it against Christian and Jew and pass it to others Islamists
The fact though is that they are not killing christians specifically. They don't care about your religion.
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by Image123(m): 7:01pm On Oct 10, 2025
Emusan:
You people are just so dishonest not that this is even coming from someone who claimed to be a follower of Christ.

because you people in APC want to change the narration, you decided to twist what people are challenging.

Where did you see people saying ONLY CHRISTIANS are being TARGETED?

What people have been saying is that, there's a GENOCIDE AGAINST CHRISTIAN in Nigeria.

Can you deny this?

Even Tinubu you're dancing for today, once acknowledged the fact that Christians are being killed.

I challenge you to provide anywhere Tinubu talked about another group being killed before.
When we are fed a narrative that 50,000 Christians have been killed since 2009. Perhaps we should say samde about the US where over 100 fatalities are recorded daily just for gun violence. Should we attribute them also as christians? No, it makes no sense. They are not CHRISTIAN persecutions. The security challenge in Nigeria is not religious persecution. Stop lying in the name of God please.
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by Image123(m): 7:04pm On Oct 10, 2025
Emusan:
So it politically motivated propaganda but we see this being playing out in our own korokoro eyes.

I stay in the north and I have heard many teachings against Christians in an open place like market, parks e.t.c from Imams

Are you saying there's no GENOCIDE AGAINST CHRISTIAN in Nigeria?

I've spent month in Bokkos in Plateau State and my sister married from there.

Can you go to Bokko Market and say openly that Christians are not being killed?
No one has said that there is no christian persecution. Anyone that lives godly will suffer persecution, it is all over the world, including Nigeria. What i have clearly said is that Nigeria's security situation is not just glossed over by saying it is christian persecution. There is banditry, there is terrorism, there is kidnapping, there are herdsmen and farmers problem, and there's the age-long persecution in Plateau state and other places. Get your reasoning right.
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by Emusan(m): 7:48pm On Oct 10, 2025
Image123:
When we are fed a narrative that 50,000 Christians have been killed since 2009.
So, if 50,000 is a narrative, what is the actual number of Christians killed since 2009?

Perhaps we should say samde about the US where over 100 fatalities are recorded daily just for gun violence.
It's just so ridiculous and dishonesty comparing gun's violent in US to religious killing in Nigeria.

Provide just one video where the gun wedger shout in the name of any God(s) before carrying out the atrocity?

But you can find hundreds of videos where killer shouted Allah's name before killing or attributing their killing to Allah's victory.

Should we attribute them also as christians? No, it makes no sense.
The reason why you can't attribute them to Christians is very simple. US is majorly CHRISTIANS and I've never even heard where a gun wedger enter Church killed hundreds of people at once.

But in Nigeria, Muslim population is around 50-54% let's just say 50% which means it's half population of the whole country and out of the 50% 80-85 are found in the North.

Now, if there should be killing in the North shouldn't be the majority affected the most?

Which means if 10 people died as a result of terrorism, 7-8 should be Muslims but why majority of the victims always be the minority CHRISTIANS which always happened in large numbers?

They are not CHRISTIAN persecutions.
Which means Tinubu lied when he advocates for the ending of Christians worshipers.

You can deny it because of political stand but the truth will always stands out.

The security challenge in Nigeria is not religious persecution. Stop lying in the name of God please.
The record are there and you don't even live in the most affected area, but just defending because of political affiliation.

Jesus is the right judge and He will surely judge all.

How many Muslims killed in the majority Muslim dominated area compare to number of minority Christians killed in the same area?
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by Emusan(m): 7:55pm On Oct 10, 2025
Image123:
No one has said that there is no christian persecution. Anyone that lives godly will suffer persecution, it is all over the world, including Nigeria.
Since you agreed there's Christians persecution in Nigeria.

Give me just one example how this persecution happened and the place.

What i have clearly said is that Nigeria's security situation is not just glossed over by saying it is christian persecution.
Give me the percentage of Muslims & Christians who have lost their lives in the hand of terrorists. Let's see if your claim is true.

There is banditry, there is terrorism, there is kidnapping, there are herdsmen and farmers problem, and there's the age-long persecution in Plateau state and other places. Get your reasoning right.
Persecution of who by who?
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by Image123(m): 8:41pm On Oct 10, 2025
Emusan:
Since you agreed there's Christians persecution in Nigeria.

Give me just one example how this persecution happened and the place.



Give me the percentage of Muslims & Christians who have lost their lives in the hand of terrorists. Let's see if your claim is true.



Persecution of who by who?
i quoted Bible, this one is still asking me for proof and playing politics. Keep it up, na you worry na.
Re: Former ECWA Secretary Backs US Senators’ Claim Of Targeted Attacks On Christians by Cbisi: 8:46pm On Oct 10, 2025
When most of the killings is done in Christian dominated community and the aggressors are mostly herders whose religion is Islam.
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