By Femi Fani-Kayode
@VanJones68 who have both accused Nigeria of indulging in “Christian genocide” & pondered on them deeply. If, as a Nigerian, their words & narrative do not concern you or scare you then, as
@realDonaldTrump would say, you cannot be a very bright bulb. When one adds their words to the recent contribution of
@SenTedCruz, the greatest defender of Israel & advocate of ‘Christian Zionism’ in the American Senate, where he accused Nigeria of the same & where he said that he was introducing a Bill in the Senate to do “something about it” & “protect Christians in Nigeria” then you will get an even clearer picture of what is unfolding & the horrendous agenda those behind it have in store for us. To add to that is the alarming resolution, passed two days ago, by the Canadian Parliament that Nigeria is one of the most dangerous places in the world for Christians to live & that Christians are targetted & slaughtered here all over the country on a daily basis. The first question that needs to be answered is since when have the Americans & the West generally cared about anyone but themselves, least of all the Christians in our country. How come they have suddenly started mouthing this fake battle cry & how come the same rhetoric is suddenly coming out of places like the Canadian Parliament & other western capitals? The sooner those in power in Nigeria & the Nigerian people themselves get a clear grasp of what is really going on the better. More importantly we need to do something to counter the narrative & we need to do it fast. This is because it is spreading like wildfire all over the world & sadly people are buying into it. The truth is that the Americans, their allies & their local collaborators are carefully & craftily preparing the ground for a religious war in our country & they want us to tear ourselves apart. There can be no doubt that Christians have been targetted & killed in Nigeria in huge numbers by Islamist terrorists, whether they be Boko Haram or ISWAP, over the last 14 years but it is also a fact that as many Muslims have been targetted & killed by the same Islamist terrorists over the same period of time. There are two points that need to be made & properly understood. Firstly the terrorists that have plagued our nation & slaughtered our people, both Christian & Muslim, for the last 14 years were established, armed, funded & protected by the very same Americans & their western & Israeli allies that are crying more than the bereaved today. Worse still they refused to sell arms to us or allow us to buy arms from anywhere in our attempt to resist the terrorists ourselves. Remember that? They even refused to designate Boko Haram as a terrorist organisation for many years & did not do so until it suited their purpose. The second point to grasp is that the reason that they are now all talking about Nigeria & what they have labelled as “Christian genocide” is not because they love Nigeria or care about Nigerian Christians but because they want to shift the world’s attention away from Gaza & focus it on Nigeria. They also want to punish us for taking a bold stand at the United Nations against the genocide that the Israelis have unleashed on Gaza which they are supporting & funding. Standing up for humanity: that is our “crime” & I for one, as a Nigerian, make no apology for it. In my view it was indeed our proudest moment & finest hour when our Vice President stood before the world at the United Nations & boldly proclaimed that we were against the genocide that was being unleashed on the Palestinian people, condemned what was going on in Gaza & insisted on a two state solution to resolve the conflict. Unlike others we did not sit on the fence or buckle & sadly we are now paying the price for it.
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