Some of the coffins of 73 Christians from Benue State, central Nigeria, massacred by Fulani jihadists in 2018. / Credit: International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law
ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 29, 2025 / 16:53 pm (CNA).
AttacksagainstChristiancommunities,especiallyinnorthernNigeria,arenotanisolatedphenomenonbutratherastrategyto“annihilatethemallandIslamizethecountry,”saidEmekaUmeagbalasi,acriminologistandresearcher.
Theexperthasspent30yearsdenouncinghumanrightsviolationsinhiscountryandisclearthat“thisisnotsimplyacaseofviolence.”
“Wehavedocumentedthecoordinatedandsystematicmurderofanentirepeople;thereforeweareclearlytalkingaboutaChristiangenocide,”hetoldACIPrensa,CNA’sSpanish-languagenewspartner.
Umeagbalasi,thedirectoroftheInternationalSocietyforCivilLibertiesandRuleofLaw(Intersociety),hasjustpublishedareportwithchillingdataontheviolencethatextremistscarryouteverydayagainstthosewhoprofesstheChristianfaith.
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