THE SILENT GENOCIDE
🤐 THE MEDIA SILENCE: WHY YOU HAVEN’T HEARD ABOUT THIS
60,000+ dead should be front-page news worldwide. Instead, there’s near-total silence. Here’s why:
1. The “Complexity” Excuse
Western media frames this as “complicated ethnic and economic tensions” rather than religious persecution. When pressed, they cite “climate change driving herder-farmer conflicts.”
Reality Check: The same climate affects Muslim and Christian farmers equally. Yet Christians are being killed at 6.5 times the rate. Climate doesn’t explain why attacks target churches during services.
2. Narrative Inconvenience
This story doesn’t fit preferred narratives:
- Perpetrators are Muslim, victims are Christian
- It’s happening in Africa (not headline-grabbing for Western audiences)
- It implicates a “friendly” government Nigeria is a strategic Western ally
- It challenges the “Islamophobia” narrative that dominates discourse
3. Selective Outrage
Compare coverage to other atrocities:
- Myanmar Rohingya crisis: Extensive international coverage
- Uyghur persecution in China: Major ongoing story
- Palestinian casualties: Wall-to-wall coverage
- 60,000 Nigerian Christians: Virtual media blackout
The difference? In Nigeria, the victims are Christian and the perpetrators are Muslim. That’s politically inconvenient.
🏛️ GOVERNMENT COMPLICITY
President Buhari’s Role (2015-2023)
Former President Muhammadu Buhari, himself a Fulani Muslim, oversaw most of these killings. His administration:
- Refused to classify attacks as terrorism – Called them “farmer-herder disputes”
- Failed to prosecute perpetrators – Near-zero conviction rate
- Disarmed Christian communities – While attackers remained armed
- Dismissed military officers who fought back – Replaced with more “compliant” leadership
President Tinubu’s Continuation (2023-Present)
The current administration has largely maintained the same approach:
- Minimal prosecution of attackers
- Continued framing as “economic conflict”
- Inadequate military protection for Christian communities
- No serious attempt at accountability or justice
The Message: When a government refuses to protect its citizens, refuses to prosecute their killers, and refuses to even name the problem—that’s not incompetence. That’s complicity.