This is reminiscent of Pakistan, where Christians are routinely lied about by Muslims, scapegoated, and falsely accused of blasphemy.
Christians are brutalized in Nigeria while the UN Human Rights Council does nothing. Neither do other so-called human rights groups in the West, which are more concerned with raising awareness about “Islamophobia” and cracking down on alleged threats of “white supremacy.” Vulnerable, persecuted Christians are the forgotten group. Globalists who have opened the doors to mass migration in their countries have welcomed in multitudes of Muslims, while largely ignoring Christians.
“Nigeria’s military executes 6 Christian soldiers on false charges,” by Jackson Elliott, Christian Post, February 4, 2021:
Nigeria’s government executed six Christian soldiers in the city of Abuja based on false charges, according to a lawyer working for the families of one of the victims.
The soldiers were framed for a crime committed by one of their superior officers, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law Chair Emeka Umeagbalasi told The Christian Post.
A Muslim colonel stole weapons from an armory, then blamed the 12 soldiers on duty for the theft. The military then accused the six Christian soldiers who were all members of Nigeria’s Igbo tribe, said Umeagbalasi.
They died on Jan. 25, not because of their actions, but because they were both Igbo and Christian, he said.
“The government of today detests Christianity and detests the Igbo tribe,” he said. “You receive serious discrimination against Igbo officers. It’s terrible. This administration is running on ethnic agenda against the Igbo population.”
The soldiers executed were: Prince Ukwuoma, Ebube Isaiah, Amos Azubuike, Ekene Ebere, Moses Anyim and Godwin Uchendu, Umeagbalasi said.
A lawyer working for the family of one of the men said he had petitioned Nigeria’s government to provide a defense, but the government denied his attempt, Umeagbalasi said.
The men were given a rigged trial with government lawyers and were executed in secret, he said. Nigeria’s Constitution says the military has no authority to execute people and that prisoners should be able to appeal to a higher court. They didn’t get their rights.
The military now claims that the men were never executed, said Umeagbalasi. However, they have not been returned to their families or appeared in public. A letter signed by 28 groups, including Intersociety, the World Igbo Congress, Concerned Elites for Better Society Initiative, and Biafra Genocide Survivors Group demands answers from the Nigerian government.
“The Coalitionmakes bold to say that uploading montage pictures of the slain soldiers with “Fake News” written over them or hiring a consultancy firm to write a statement signed by “an anonymous senior Army officer” is in no way a credible and concrete reply and ordinarily should not be taken seriously,” the letter reads.
Nigeria’s Army has killed and arrested Christian soldiers before, said Umeagbalasi. However, it hasn’t killed six soldiers at once.
“This has never been a practice in the Army. Things got changed the moment this present administration came to power,” he said. “Things are happening before that didn’t happen. It’s not only about these six soldiers.”
Many Nigerians now believe the Army fights for Islam, not Nigeria, he said. In the country’s predominately Christian south, people call it “Boko Haram’s Army.” Muslims hold all the most important leadership positions.
The Army’s lack of action to protect Christians comes directly from its leaders in government, Umeagbalasi said. When troops go into areas controlled by radical Islamists to defend Nigerian Christians, the government orders them to retreat. Then, Islamist rebels shoot them in the back.
If this state of affairs continues, the country will fall into violent anarchy, he added…..
Walter Sieruk says
This time it’s the Islamic military of Nigeria that has committed murderous persecution of Christian, with ,no no doubt the backing and support of that nation Muslim clerics. They aren’t really going to get away with their killing of Christians.
As the apostle Paul had written each individual Christian is actually, in the View of God, a temple of God. For to Christians, it is written in the Bible “Don’t you know that that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? If anyone destroys God’s Temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.” First Corinthians 3:16,17. [N.I.V.] As in “A man reaps what he sows.” Galatians 6:7.
somehistory says
It seems it already is “violent anarchy.” moslims in control…nothing good ever comes of that. it’s as if the devil himself were present in visible form and speaking directly to the moslims. The only thing, he isn’t in visible form. The remaining are the facts.
These poor men and their families. But, they didn’t die without being promised a reward for their faith…and it has nothing to do with a lot of ‘virgins’ and an ocean of booze. It’s a real reward and their families can take comfort in Jesus’s promise in John chapter 5.
Ken Johnson says
So now we know why the Nigeian Governmen tcanot make headway against these terriosts. What English (Muslim) lawyer said no Muslim is ever guilty of anything. Six christians guilty, six muslems innocent
MIke says
and just after I read a story that says Islam is not a party ( we will call it that for now) of hate and violence
There book ever preached to KILL all non be leavers
mortimer says
The mainly Christian Ibo tribe is again in the crosshairs of the Muslim bigots in Nigeria. One million or so Ibos were killed during the Biafra secession. The only way Christians will be safe in Nigeria is for them to have a separate country. The Muslims in Nigeria are not interested in sharing power.
terry sullivan says
uk still gives nigeria aid
gravenimage says
Trump talked about cutting it because the government was not protecting Christians. Biden likely won’t much care.
gravenimage says
Nigeria’s military executes 6 Christian soldiers framed by a Muslim colonel for a crime they didn’t commit
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Just sickening. Meanwhile, they do nothing about Boko Haram.
And why was that Muslim stealing weapons? To sell? To arm Jihad terror groups? Lots of questions here.
Linde Barrera says
I grieve for the citizens of Nigeria because they have to live with the terrorists of Islam right in their own soil. So demonic, barbaric and unfair.
Infidel says
At this point, isn’t it obvious that Nigeria is every bit a failed state as either Somalia or Pakistan? Yeah, Lagos might be safe – only for now, but how long is it until every bit of Nigeria will be de-facto run by Boko Haram?