“‘Stop the Lies!’ — FFK Blasts Claim That Christians Are Not Being Killed in Nigeria”
By Passman Akpos
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK), has issued a strongly worded statement condemning what he described as “insensitive and cruel assertions” that Christians are not being killed in Nigeria, calling such claims “monstrous mendacity” that distorts the bloody reality of terrorism in the country.
In a detailed commentary released on Monday, Fani-Kayode said Christians are indeed being targeted and killed in large numbers, insisting that “anyone that denies this, plays it down or says otherwise is a perfidious propagandist, a genocide enabler and a specious liar.”
However, he stressed that the same extremist elements are also killing Muslims in equal measure, warning against turning Nigeria’s security crisis into a religious blame game.
According to him, “The Islamist terrorists are killing us all, both Christian and Muslim, and something needs to be done about it quickly and expeditiously.”
He cited recent attacks across the country to illustrate his point.
Fani-Kayode highlighted the abduction of 25 female students and the murder of a vice principal in Maga, Kebbi State, noting that the victims in that attack were Muslims. He also referenced the abduction of 64 residents and killing of three others in Tsafe, Zamfara State — all Muslim victims — as well as the kidnapping of a Catholic priest and 12 girls in Kagarko, Kaduna State, who were Christians.
He further noted that the Army officers recently killed in Borno State, including a Brigadier General, were drawn from both faiths.
“These terrorists do not care about the religion of their victims and do not represent any faith,” he said. “They only care about the spilling of innocent blood, abducting our people, occupying land, and pillaging resources.”
Rejecting calls from some quarters for possible amnesty for the extremist groups, Fani-Kayode argued that such militants “offer no remorse for their relentless evil” and “are not worthy of life.”
“There is only one answer for them,” he said, urging the Federal Government and the Armed Forces to summon “the courage, means, resources and firm resolve to crush them ruthlessly and send them back to hell.”
He warned strongly against framing the crisis as a Christian-versus-Muslim conflict or entertaining the idea of foreign military intervention, particularly a proposed U.S. involvement, which he said would “make matters even worse” and “swell the ranks of the terrorists.”
According to the former minister, Nigeria stands at a dangerous crossroads, with external forces and internal saboteurs allegedly working to destabilize the country.
“Outside of that, we must pray hard for our country because those that wish to divide and destroy us are preparing the ground,” he cautioned.
Fani-Kayode insisted that Nigeria must never be allowed to slide into the fate of war-torn nations such as Congo, Somalia, Sudan, Gaza, Afghanistan, Libya, or Iraq, nor become a battleground for global power struggles.
He concluded with a call for unity and collective resolve:“We must set our differences aside, remain united and focused, and stand shoulder to shoulder to confront the common enemy together.”
