Eight Steps to Investigate Claims of Religious Genocide in Nigeria

Lai Mohammed recently stated that there is no religious persecution or genocide against Christians in Nigeria. To decide for yourself, you can gather data from independent sources and eyewitnesses. Follow these eight research steps: 1. Obtain casualty figures from neutral humanitarian organisations such as Amnesty International, Oxfam or the Red Cross. 2. Compare the ethnoreligious makeup of attacked villages and those now occupied. 3. Visit IDP camps to record victims’ backgrounds and testimonies. 4. Review police and victim reports on kidnappings for evidence of religious or ethnic targeting. 5. Identify the faith of attackers and any slogans used during assaults. 6. Investigate cases where hostages were pressured to convert and the outcomes for those who refused. 7. Map the locations of abandoned villages and trace the demographics of original inhabitants versus new settlers. 8. Analyse all findings together and draw your own conclusion on whether a genocide is occurring. Don’t rely on one source. Do your own research and weigh the evidence yourself.

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