{"id":35713,"date":"2020-08-13T07:51:01","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T07:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=35713"},"modified":"2020-08-13T07:51:01","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T07:51:01","slug":"bishop-kukah-genocide-is-happening-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2020\/08\/13\/bishop-kukah-genocide-is-happening-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Kukah: \u2018Genocide is happening in Nigeria\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Systematic violence against Nigerian Christians by Fulani herdsmen constitutes genocide, according to a leading Catholic bishop who stressed that Muslims are also falling foul of the violence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the execution of five aid workers by Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP), Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto told Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) he believed the recent violence was genocidal in nature.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When asked whether he agreed that that Fulani killings of Christians can be categorised as genocide according to international law, he said: \u201cI believe so\u201d. He added that Muslims were also victims of the violence: \u201cThese killings are not to be narrowed down to Christians because they have been far worse in the predominantly Muslim north in such states as Katsina, Sokoto and Zamfara.\u201d ISWAP recently released a video of the five aid workers being executed, three of whom were reportedly Christian, as a warning to \u201call those being used by infidels to convert Muslims to Christianity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bishop Kukah said \u201cthere is no dispute at all\u201d that Nigeria is a largely failed state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added: \u201cIt has been an old secret. It has failed its people but the oil companies are still making a kill on the carcass.\u201d He also said \u201cthe evidence is there for all to see\u201d that Nigeria is an epicentre of terrorism in the region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bishop Kukah suggested the government is complicit in the violence. He said: \u201cThere are multiple levels of funding and, with time, terrorism has been able to fund itself by criminality, violence, kidnappings and it is feared that government may be funding these groups inadvertently largely because they have penetrated the security agencies. \u201cGovernments have also paid huge sums of money for ransom and also ostensibly placate the terrorists, rescue kidnapped citizens, and so on.\u201d He added: \u201cThe inefficiency of the military has made the terrorists bolder and there are also issues of the complicity of the various levels of the military.\u201d Bishop Kukah criticised Western powers that have not done more to help Nigeria. He said: \u201cWe hear promises from the United States and Europe and they all come to nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bishop Kukah\u2019s remarks echoed the findings of the UK All Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief\u2019s report called \u201cNigeria \u2013 Unfolding Genocide?\u2019 released in June.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/donate\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35565 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button-300x44.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button-300x44.jpg 300w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button-580x85.jpg 580w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button-600x88.jpg 600w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button.jpg 627w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Systematic violence against Nigerian Christians by Fulani herdsmen constitutes genocide, according to a leading Catholic bishop who stressed that Muslims are also falling foul of the violence. 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