By Oso Abidemi
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has criticised assertions that Christians are not being killed in Nigeria, describing the claim as “insensitive, cruel and a monstrous mendacity.”
In a now-deleted post on X, the former minister said Christians are being “targeted and killed in large numbers,” adding that anyone who denies or downplays the crisis is “a perfidious and specious liar.”
He, however, stressed that Muslims are also victims of the same terrorists.
According to him, “What must be clearly understood is that Muslims are also targeted and killed by the same Islamist terrorists in equal numbers.”
Fani-Kayode cited recent attacks across the country to support his point, noting that the 25 girls and their principal abducted in Kebbi State, as well as the 64 people kidnapped in Zamfara, were Muslims.
Conversely, the 12 girls abducted in Kaduna were Christians, while soldiers killed recently in Borno included both Christians and Muslims.
He said the terrorists “do not care about the religion of their victims,” describing them as “beasts” driven only by bloodshed, terror, and the desire to seize people’s land and resources.
Rejecting calls for amnesty, he said the perpetrators “are not worthy of life” and urged the Federal Government and security forces to “crush them ruthlessly and send them back to hell.”
Fani-Kayode also warned against framing the crisis as a religious conflict or supporting foreign military intervention, saying such moves could worsen the situation and turn Nigeria into another war-torn state.
He called on Nigerians to pray and remain united, insisting the nation must not become a battleground for foreign powers or descend into chaos.
“We must stand shoulder to shoulder and confront the common enemy together,” he said, urging support for the Federal Government’s efforts to end the violence.
