Gumi claims Christians in North bury empty coffins to amplify genocide narrative
Kaduna State-based cleric Ahmad Gumi on Wednesday said he was informed that Christians are now burying empty coffins to appear as mass burial and circulating the video to amplify genocide narrative.
In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Mr Gumi claimed he was informed of the plot by a doctor. But he didn’t mention the name of the doctor.
Mr Gumi said, “A doctor wrote to me: ‘Do you know that some Middle Belt Christian groups are now staging fake mass killings. They are burying empty coffins and recording the process as if real victims were killed, just to push the narrative of a Christian genocide. This is desperation at its peak. A disgrace. Manipulating information just to provoke hatred and international sympathy? I hope it’s not true!.”
Gumi has repeatedly denied targeted killings of Christians.
Gumi’s claim followed global outrage on alleged Christian genocide in Nigeria, a campaign led by American lawmakers including Ted Cruz, Riley Moore, Nancy Mace and others.
In a post on Truth Social in October, American President Donald Trump said “Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter. I am hereby making Nigeria a “Country of Particular Concern” — But that is the least of it.’’
In a follow-up post on Truth, Mr Trump threatened to deploy troops in Nigeria against terrorists allegedly targeting Nigerian Christians if Mr Tinubu government failed to act fast to tackle the alleged killings.
