The persecution of Nigeria’s Christians is medieval in its horror. Villages are surrounded in the dead of night by bandits who rape and kill the inhabitants. No one is spared: women and children are among those butchered.
The Makurdi Diocese, in Nigeria’s Middle Belt Benue state, has been hit badly by this savage violence. In 2024, 549 locals in this diocese alone were murdered and dozens more kidnapped. Over 3,700 people in Makurdi have been killed since 2015. Villages have been effectively wiped off the map. Over a million Nigerians, terrified of what might await them, have chosen instead to live in Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camps.
HORRIFYING: 51 Christians brutally slaughtered during Palm Sunday celebrations at a church in Nigeria.
Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world, but the media won’t report about it! pic.twitter.com/D0xjvtto90
— Dr. Maalouf (@realMaalouf) April 15, 2025
