{"id":123701,"date":"2025-11-09T20:02:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T19:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=123701"},"modified":"2025-11-09T20:02:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T19:02:31","slug":"cpc-trumps-claim-of-christian-genocide-in-nigeria-false-nscia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/cpc-trumps-claim-of-christian-genocide-in-nigeria-false-nscia\/","title":{"rendered":"CPC: Trump&#8217;s claim of Christian genocide in Nigeria false &#8211; NSCIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Myke Agunwa<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has rejected the designation of Nigeria as a \u201cCountry of Particular Concern\u201d (CPC) by United States President Donald Trump, describing the claim of \u201cChristian genocide\u201d as dangerous propaganda aimed at destabilising the nation.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking in Abuja on Sunday, the National Secretary of the Council, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, dismissed the genocide narrative being promoted by the U.S. government and far-right lobbyists as false, politically motivated, and designed to incite religious division in Africa\u2019s most populous country.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThere is no Christian genocide in Nigeria. Both Muslims and Christians are victims of terrorists and criminal gangs,\u201d Oloyede stated. \u201cThese attackers do not represent Islam. They kill Muslims, destroy mosques, and target everyone.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to him, there is no evidence that Nigerian Muslims are persecuting Christians. He explained that the insecurity in the country is driven by terrorism, criminality, poverty, and climate-induced resource conflicts\u2014not religion.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He cited reports by Amnesty International and other global monitors which concluded that the violence in Nigeria does not meet the legal definition of genocide under international law.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oloyede further alleged that the renewed push to label Nigeria a religious-persecution zone intensified after the country reaffirmed its support for a two-state solution in Palestine at the United Nations. He accused pro-Israeli and far-right groups of driving the narrative to divert attention from the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe agenda is distraction and destabilisation. The fastest way to break Nigeria is to inflame religious tensions,\u201d he warned.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Council called on Nigerians of all faith to reject foreign interference and resist attempts to turn national security challenges into sectarian conflict.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It also urged the U.S. to withdraw the designation and instead assist Nigeria with intelligence and logistical support to combat terrorism.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe will not allow foreign interests to fragment Nigeria. We stand for unity, peace, and justice,\u201d Oloyede said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Council further appealed to the Nigerian government to strengthen security, expose sponsors of banditry, and protect all citizens regardless of faith.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recall that former President Trump had threatened military action against Nigeria over alleged killings of Christians, after designating the country as a \u201cCountry of Particular Concern\u201d\u2014a claim that the Nigerian government has consistently denied.<\/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 The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has rejected the designation of Nigeria as a \u201cCountry of Particular Concern\u201d (CPC) by United States President Donald Trump,&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":123702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123701","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>CPC: Trump&#039;s claim of Christian genocide in Nigeria false - NSCIA - 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\/cpc-trumps-claim-of-christian-genocide-in-nigeria-false-nscia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CPC: Trump&#039;s claim of Christian genocide in Nigeria false - NSCIA - Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Myke Agunwa The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has rejected the designation of Nigeria as a \u201cCountry of Particular Concern\u201d (CPC) by United States President Donald Trump,&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/cpc-trumps-claim-of-christian-genocide-in-nigeria-false-nscia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-09T19:02:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/maxresdefault-11.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/cpc-trumps-claim-of-christian-genocide-in-nigeria-false-nscia\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/cpc-trumps-claim-of-christian-genocide-in-nigeria-false-nscia\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"headline\":\"CPC: Trump&#8217;s claim of Christian genocide in Nigeria false &#8211; 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