The Silent Slaughter: An Apostolic Cry for Nigeria’s Christians

To my fellow Apostles, Prophets, Intercessors, and esteemed partners in Governance and Policy:

I write to you not merely as a politician who has walked the campaign trails of this great nation, nor solely as a minister of the Gospel, but as a witness to a hemorrhage that threatens the very soul of Africa.

While the world’s eyes are often drawn to conflicts elsewhere, a systematic decimation of the Church is occurring in Nigeria. The metrics of this persecution have escalated from sporadic unrest to what many international observers are now rightfully calling a genocide. As we stand in the latter half of 2025, the silence of the global community is no longer just negligence; it is complicity.

Here is the intelligence you need to pray with precision and act with authority.

The Reality on the Ground: 2024-2025 Intelligence Brief

The narrative that this is merely "farmer-herder clashes" driven by climate change is a diplomatic smokescreen that conceals a sinister religious agenda. While resource competition exists, it does not explain the burning of churches while leaving mosques untouched in the same vicinity, nor does it explain the forced conversion of abductees.

The Statistics of Sorrow (2024–2025):

Death Toll: In the first seven months of 2025 alone, credible reports indicate over 7,000 Christians were hacked to death or shot for their faith. This averages to roughly 33 believers martyred every single day.

Kidnappings: Over 7,800 abductions have been recorded in this same window. The kidnapping industry has become a primary funding source for terror groups, with the church being the most lucrative target.

Displacement: Millions are currently languishing in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps, particularly in Benue, Plateau, and Southern Kaduna. These are not refugees of war; they are refugees of persecution.

The Perpetrators

We are facing a three-headed hydra:

Boko Haram & ISWAP (Islamic State West Africa Province): Operating primarily in the North-East, they seek a caliphate and the total eradication of Western education and Christianity.

Radicalized Fulani Militants: Operating in the Middle Belt and drifting South. Unlike the traditional herdsmen of old, these groups carry military-grade assault rifles, attacking villages at night, burning homes, and occupying ancestral farming lands to displace indigenous Christian populations permanently.

"Bandits": A loose term often used to mask religiously motivated mercenaries who target Christian schools and clergy for ransom and terror.

The Strategic Shift: The Middle Belt is Breaking

For decades, the North was the red zone. Today, the battleground has shifted to the Middle Belt—states like Plateau, Benue, Taraba, and Southern Kaduna. This region is the spiritual and geographical buffer of Nigeria. If the Middle Belt falls, the Islamic insurgency gains direct access to the Christian-majority South.

As a former candidate, I have seen the political mechanics of this. There is a culture of impunity. Attackers are rarely arrested, and when they are, they are often "rehabilitated" and released while victims are left without justice. This lack of state protection has emboldened these groups to act without fear of consequence.

Call to Action: Policy and Governance

For our Government Officials and Policy Writers reading this (both in Abuja and Washington D.C.), general condemnation is no longer sufficient. We need targeted pressure.

Re-Designation of CPC Status: We commend the recent moves by the US administration to place Nigeria back on the Country of Particular Concern (CPC) list. This designation must remain until tangible benchmarks of religious safety are met.

Sanctions on Complicit Officials: The US and EU Global Magnitsky Acts must be weaponized against state governors and military commanders who have been proven to aid and abet these attacks or who willfully refuse to deploy security forces during active slaughters.

Aid Conditionality: International aid to the Nigerian government should be conditioned on the protection of religious minorities. We cannot fund a government that looks away while its citizens are butchered.

Call to Support: Humanitarian Aid

To our Humanitarian Aid Representatives: The IDP camps in Nigeria are a humanitarian disaster.

The Need: There is a desperate lack of food, clean water, and trauma counseling.

The Gap: Most international aid goes to government-sanctioned camps in the North-East (Boko Haram territory). The Christian IDPs in the Middle Belt (Benue/Plateau) are often neglected by federal allocation.

The Strategy: Direct your resources through trusted local church networks and NGOs that are on the ground in the Middle Belt. They are the only ones with access to the most vulnerable.

Apostolic & Intercessory Charge

To the Apostles, Prophets, and Intercessors: We must stop praying general prayers. We must pray with intelligence and legislative authority.

1. Pray for the Exposure of Sponsors (Job 12:22)

Decree: That the hidden financiers, political godfathers, and arms suppliers fueling these terror groups be exposed and brought to judgment. We curse the root of their funding.

2. Pray for the Middle Belt (The Gate)

Decree: We hold the line in Benue, Plateau, and Kaduna. We declare that the Middle Belt is a wall of fire that cannot be breached. We ask for angelic reinforcement around vulnerable villages.

3. Pray for the "Jehu" Anointing on Security Forces

Decree: Pray for the rising of righteous officers within the Nigerian Military and Police Force who will refuse to compromise and will execute justice without fear or favor.

4. Pray for the Preservation of the Faith (Luke 22:32)

Decree: Pray for the brethren facing forced conversion. Pray that their faith fails not. Pray for a supernatural comfort upon the widows and orphans left behind.

Conclusion

Nigeria is the trigger of Africa. As Nigeria goes, so goes the continent. We are fighting not just for the survival of a people, but for the survival of the Gospel witness in the most populous black nation on earth.

I urge you—do not just read this. Share it. Lobby your representatives. Send aid. And pray until the silence is broken.

For Zion’s sake, I will not keep silent.

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