{"id":123551,"date":"2025-11-04T02:11:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T01:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=123551"},"modified":"2025-11-04T02:11:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T01:11:44","slug":"us-alarm-over-christians-in-nigeria-exaggerated-politically-motivated-adefarasin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/us-alarm-over-christians-in-nigeria-exaggerated-politically-motivated-adefarasin\/","title":{"rendered":"US Alarm Over Christians in Nigeria Exaggerated, Politically Motivated &#8211; Adefarasin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Myke Agunwa<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Senior Pastor of the Guiding Light Assembly, Wale Adefarasin, has dismissed recent claims by the United States alleging a \u201cgenocide against Christians\u201d in Nigeria, describing such assertions as exaggerated and politically motivated.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The United States government recently cited \u201cwidespread attacks on Christians and other minorities\u201d in its decision to place Nigeria back on its list of countries of particular concern (CPC).<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the designation, Trump claimed that \u201cIslamic terrorists are committing genocide against Christians\u201d and warned that the U.S. \u201cmay very well go into that now disgraced country guns-blazing\u201d if the killings continue.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His comments were supported by a handful of right-wing U.S. lawmakers, including Senator Ted Cruz, who introduced the Nigeria Religious Freedom Accountability Act of 2025 a bill seeking sanctions against Nigerian officials accused of \u201cenforcing Sharia or blasphemy laws.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a viral video released on Monday, Pastor Adefarasin cautioned against what he termed the \u201cWestern exaggeration\u201d of Nigeria\u2019s security challenges, particularly the portrayal of Christians as victims of systematic extermination.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cFor 40 years that I\u2019ve been a Christian, there have been killings in Southern Kaduna, killings on the Plateau, and riots,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis isn\u2019t new. It\u2019s wrong, yes\u2014but it\u2019s not genocide. The way the West talks about it, you\u2019d think a Christian can\u2019t step outside without being killed.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The cleric, who acknowledged that violent attacks in parts of the country are real and condemnable, argued that the situation has been misrepresented as a religious war, when in fact, many of the conflicts have political, ethnic, and economic roots.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThere have always been clashes, and we must condemn them, but this idea of a new coordinated campaign to exterminate Christians is not accurate,\u201d he stressed.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pastor Adefarasin also questioned America\u2019s \u201csudden affection\u201d for Nigerian Christians, suggesting that the renewed attention might be tied to Nigeria\u2019s growing economic and strategic importance rather than purely humanitarian concern.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI\u2019m trying to understand this sudden affection for Christians<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIs it because Nigeria now has one of the largest refineries in the world and no longer needs to export crude? Or is it about the new minerals in our soil that are vital for nuclear energy and electric vehicles?\u201d he questioned.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The respected Pentecostal leader and social commentator, urged both foreign governments and local leaders to adopt a measured and fact-based approach to Nigeria\u2019s internal challenges.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cLet\u2019s be honest about what\u2019s happening, but let\u2019s also reject exaggerated narratives that could divide us further,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe West should help Nigeria strengthen its institutions, not fuel alarm or seek military confrontation.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His remarks come amid rising diplomatic tension following former U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s recent threat to intervene militarily in Nigeria to \u201cprotect Christians\u201d after the U.S. redesignated the country as a \u201ccountry of particular concern\u201d over alleged religious persecution.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Myke Agunwa Senior Pastor of the Guiding Light Assembly, Wale Adefarasin, has dismissed recent claims by the United States alleging a \u201cgenocide against Christians\u201d in Nigeria, describing such assertions&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":123552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>US Alarm Over Christians in Nigeria Exaggerated, Politically Motivated - Adefarasin - Pointblank News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/us-alarm-over-christians-in-nigeria-exaggerated-politically-motivated-adefarasin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US Alarm Over Christians in Nigeria Exaggerated, Politically Motivated - Adefarasin - Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Myke Agunwa Senior Pastor of the Guiding Light Assembly, Wale Adefarasin, has dismissed recent claims by the United States alleging a \u201cgenocide against Christians\u201d in Nigeria, describing such assertions&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/us-alarm-over-christians-in-nigeria-exaggerated-politically-motivated-adefarasin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-04T01:11:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/paul-adefarasin.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1030\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"438\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/us-alarm-over-christians-in-nigeria-exaggerated-politically-motivated-adefarasin\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/us-alarm-over-christians-in-nigeria-exaggerated-politically-motivated-adefarasin\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"headline\":\"US Alarm Over Christians in Nigeria Exaggerated, Politically Motivated &#8211; 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