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Africa Subsaharan

Christian Association of Nigeria clarifies position on violence against Christian communities

2025-10-10

They’re agin it, right?

[CSW.ORG.UK] The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has issued a statement clarifying its position on ongoing attacks on Christian communities, particularly in the north of Nigeria, in light of significant efforts to deny their existence and severity.

In the statement signed by the President of CAN Archbishop Daniel Okoh, the Association 'affirms, without hesitation, that many Christian communities in parts of Nigeria, especially in the North, have suffered severe attacks, loss of life, and the destruction of places of worship. These realities are painful reminders of the urgent need for government and security agencies to act decisively to protect every citizen, regardless of region.'

'Our concern remains that these cries for justice and protection are too often met with delay or denial,' the statement continues. 'We therefore renew our call on government and security agencies to take urgent, transparent, and equitable action to end the killings, safeguard vulnerable Christian communities from displacement, and ensure that perpetrators face the full weight of the law. The pain of Christian families torn apart by violence must never be treated as mere statistics.'

The clarification follows the earlier publication of a comment in Nigerian media attributed to a CAN official and portrayed erroneously as being CAN's official position, which had refuted claims made by US comedian Bill Maher of an ongoing genocide against Christians, and had asserted that 'the pattern of killings has truly not been in a particular pattern'. The comment was made amid a flurry of actions both in the US and Nigeria seeking to either offset or support the redesignation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 in November.

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