There’s Christian genocide, PFN insists; it’s security challenge – Islamic Council

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The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, has insisted that there is ongoing Christian genocide in the country, describing that denial as a desecration. The PFN President, Bishop Francis Oke, said this in Ibadan, adding that the scale and persistence of attacks on Christians in several parts of Northern Nigeria could “no longer be debated”.

However, the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, rejected the ‘Christian genocide’ claims.

According to the Council, the situation on ground was a security challenge and not a religious war, describing the claims as false, politically driven, and a threat to national unity.

We’re not accusing Muslims – PFN

Speaking to journalists in Ibadan, Oyo State, the PFN President, Bishop Oke asked: “Where is Leah Sharibu? What happened to the Chibok girls? Chibok is a predominantly Christian community in Borno State.

“What is going on in Benue State?

“Since Donald Trump cried foul against Nigeria on the matter of genocide, many more people are being killed in Plateau State.”

The Bishop noted that the United States President Donald Trump’s concerns reflect a reality that many Nigerians are witnessing.

“We are not accusing the Muslim community, get me clear. We have been living together for ages in mutual respect and harmony. “It is the violent sect of Islam that is called Boko Haram and ISWAP and co., that use the name of Islam to attack churches. Hundreds of churches had been burnt down; tens of thousands of Christians had been massacred. Hundreds of pastors had been butchered.

“It would be a desecration to the blood of these Nigerians to call it any other name. There is not a single instance of a Christian group attacking the Muslims. It is always the other way round.