The Presidency has rejected renewed claims of a “Christian genocide” in Nigeria, describing them as false and politically driven.
In a post shared on X on Monday, the 13th of October, 2025, the presidential spokesman Daniel Bwala said the allegation stemmed from misinformation and a “flawed report” authored by one individual in Onitsha. He alleged that the report was being weaponized by foreign lobby groups and certain Western media outlets to push a biased narrative.
Bwala said the accusation was part of a broader strategy by external actors seeking to tarnish Nigeria’s image.
His reaction followed remarks by U.S. Senators Ted Cruz and Ted Budd, who recently alleged that Christians in Nigeria faced widespread persecution.
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The controversy comes shortly after President Bola Tinubu reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to a two-state solution in the Israel-Palestine conflict during his address at the United Nations General Assembly, a stance that has stirred mixed global reactions.
Bwala described the genocide narrative as an “orchestrated agenda” driven by prejudice, insisting that Nigerians are “superlatively safer today under President Tinubu than before 2023, when we had daylight kidnappings and rampant killings.”
He added, “Senator Ted Cruz and Tedd Budd’s claims are based on hearsay and a flawed report by one fellow in Onitsha, weaponized by AIPAC-backed interests and amplified by sections of the Western media to sow religious acrimony. Nigeria rejects this divisive propaganda.”