The Facebook account of Plateau cleric Rev Ezekiel Dachomo has been taken down, days after he made fresh claims about attacks on Christians in Nigeria’s Middle Belt.
According to Daily Post, Dachomo confirmed the removal when contacted on Saturday. When asked if his Facebook account had been deleted, he replied, “It’s true.”
The development comes as the Church of Christ in Nations cleric had publicly spoken about what he calls an ongoing genocide against Christians in Plateau and other northern states. In a recent interview with British journalist Piers Morgan, he said he had overseen more than 70 mass burials.
His warning followed another round of coordinated attacks on October 14 in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State. At least 13 Christians were killed, several others injured, and many were forced to leave their homes.
In a conversation with International Christian Concern after the mass burial in Rachas village, Dachomo expressed frustration over repeated killings and what he described as a lack of government response. He said, “If telling the truth will cost me my life, then I have chosen to die telling it. There is a genocide going on in Nigeria, and the world must hear about it. Christians are being hunted, killed, and displaced because of their faith, yet the government remains silent or even protects the perpetrators.”
He also said soldiers from the Nigerian Army’s Sector 4 in Barkin Ladi accused him of inciting unrest because he warned locals about possible attacks. Dachomo said, “They accused me of knowing about the attack before it happened, just because I raised an alarm. Instead of protecting us, they label us the problem. How can we trust a system that accuses victims instead of helping them?”
The cleric recently testified before the United States Congress about the killings. His message aligns with earlier concerns raised in Washington, where former US President Donald Trump had listed Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern.
The Nigerian government has since rejected that label. Officials who visited the US said the designation was based on what they described as faulty statistics.
Cleric’s Facebook page deleted after Christian genocide advocacy
The Facebook account of Plateau cleric Rev Ezekiel Dachomo has been taken down, days after he made fresh claims about attacks on Christians in Nigeria’s Middle Belt.
According to Daily Post, Dachomo confirmed the removal when contacted on Saturday. When asked if his Facebook account had been deleted, he replied, “It’s true.”
The development comes as the Church of Christ in Nations cleric had publicly spoken about what he calls an ongoing genocide against Christians in Plateau and other northern states. In a recent interview with British journalist Piers Morgan, he said he had overseen more than 70 mass burials.
His warning followed another round of coordinated attacks on October 14 in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State. At least 13 Christians were killed, several others injured, and many were forced to leave their homes.
In a conversation with International Christian Concern after the mass burial in Rachas village, Dachomo expressed frustration over repeated killings and what he described as a lack of government response. He said, “If telling the truth will cost me my life, then I have chosen to die telling it. There is a genocide going on in Nigeria, and the world must hear about it. Christians are being hunted, killed, and displaced because of their faith, yet the government remains silent or even protects the perpetrators.”
He also said soldiers from the Nigerian Army’s Sector 4 in Barkin Ladi accused him of inciting unrest because he warned locals about possible attacks. Dachomo said, “They accused me of knowing about the attack before it happened, just because I raised an alarm. Instead of protecting us, they label us the problem. How can we trust a system that accuses victims instead of helping them?”
The cleric recently testified before the United States Congress about the killings. His message aligns with earlier concerns raised in Washington, where former US President Donald Trump had listed Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern.
The Nigerian government has since rejected that label. Officials who visited the US said the designation was based on what they described as faulty statistics.
