Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has alleged that Christians in Nigeria are being deliberately targeted and killed.
He made the comments on Tuesday while reacting to the recent surge in killings and mass kidnappings carried out by criminal groups across the country.
FFK, a strong supporter of President Bola Tinubu, criticised those disputing reports of attacks on Christians, describing them as “propagandists.”
He dismissed assertions that “Christians are not being killed in Nigeria and that we bury empty coffins” as “a monstrous mendacity,” insisting that anyone who denies or downplays the killings is “a perfidious propagandist, a genocide enabler, and a specious liar.”
Although he maintained that Christians face targeted violence, FFK also emphasized that the wider security crisis affects people of all faiths.
“What must be clearly understood, however, is that Muslims are also targeted and killed by the same terrorists in equal numbers,” he said.
He warned that Islamist terrorists are indiscriminately killing both Christians and Muslims, urging authorities to take urgent steps to curb the violence.
FFK referenced several recent incidents, including the abduction of 25 schoolgirls in Kebbi State and the killing of their school principal, as well as the kidnapping of 64 people and the killing of three others in Tsafe, Zamfara State—victims he noted were Muslims.
He contrasted these with the abduction of a Catholic priest and 12 girls in Kagarko, Kaduna State, who were Christians, along with the attack on Army officers, including a Brigadier General, in Borno State, which involved both Christians and Muslims.
“They only care about the spilling of innocent blood and abduction of our people,” FFK said.
His remarks follow recent claims by US lawmakers that Christians are being persecuted in Nigeria—allegations denied by Nigerian authorities but currently under review by US officials.
