Christian Aid Group: Nigeria Sending Soldiers to ‘Protect’ Christians Without Bullets

Breitbart ^ | 6/2/22 | Frances Martel

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Nigeria has experienced a surge in kidnappings, mass murders, and lynchings of Christians under President Muhammadu Buhari, who has made only “cursory” attempts to address the issue, David Curry, the CEO of the Christian aid organization Open Doors, told Breitbart News on Wednesday.

Curry described Buhari’s inaction as “suspicious” given that extremists from the president’s ethnic group, Fulani Muslims, are largely responsible for the attacks. He also accused Buhari’s government of superficial attempts to appear to be protecting Christians, such as sending soldiers out to protect churches but not giving them bullets.

The human rights expert noted that President Joe Biden’s administration should reconsider undoing the “puzzling” decision of removing Nigeria from its list of Countries of Particular Concern for religious freedom, which it did in November without any overt signs that the Buhari administration was meaningfully addressing the surge of anti-Christian violence in the country.

“There’s been a rise in kidnappings, hundreds of girls have been kidnapped in the last year already and raped by Fulani militants, that has continued on. There’s been more murders and executions of Christians,” Curry detailed, highlighting a particularly gruesome lynching last month at a university in northwestern Sokoto state.