Nigeria (MNN) – A new report from International Christian Concern reveals what they’re calling a $10 million genocide cover-up by the Nigerian government.
Floyd Brobbel with The Voice of the Martyrs Canada says, “Their report claims that since 2009, at least 190,000 Nigerians were killed, and about 70% of that would be Christians. So there seems to be a very clear targeting of the Christian community in northern Nigeria.”
(Photo courtesy Voice of the Martyrs USA)
The report lays out how Nigeria has been hiding the genocide of Christians through misinformation campaigns and misleading narratives. Instead, government officials have described the violence as regional instability and even attributed it to climate change.
“The Christian cry within the North that our government is not doing anything to counteract these problems is true, and it’s well documented.”
Boko Haram and Fulani extremists attack Christian communities and others who stand in the way of their goal to establish an Islamic caliphate.
Brobbel encourages believers around the world to take action for our Nigerian brothers and sisters in Christ.
“We need to be raising a voice and asking our governments to hold the Nigerian government accountable to these things that are happening in their country. Like, what are they doing to counteract these problems?”
(Photo courtesy VOM USA)
Pray also for the persecuted Church in northern Nigeria to be salt and light, so they can reach their persecutors for Christ.
Brobbel urges, “We really need to pray for those that remain and for those that flee, that they would be effective and bold in their Christian faith and continue to proclaim the Gospel courageously, because this is how things change.”
He also asks Christians to pray for Muslim extremists in northern Nigeria, that they would:
- encounter God’s Word and have visions of Jesus.
- have their hearts softened and eyes opened to biblical truth.
- be held accountable for their actions.
- give their lives ultimately to Christ.
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Header photo: Nigerian believers pray for intervention. (Photo courtesy of VOM Canada)
