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Minister of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has rejected allegations that Christians are being targeted under President Bola Tinubu’s administration, calling such claims politically motivated.
In an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, Wike described the narrative of genocide as “politics taken too far.” He highlighted his own Christian background, noting that his father is a pastor and that key government officials, including the police chief, the Director-General of the Department of State Services, and the Chief of Defence Staff, are all Christians.
“I am a Christian. My family are Christians. It is an indictment on my person that anyone would allege this government supports the killing of Christians. This is politics taken too far,” Wike said.
He accused the opposition of exploiting divisive narratives to undermine the government, suggesting that the weakened opposition is using the allegations to challenge the president’s re-election.
“The opposition today has seen that no party is prepared to challenge the president returning to power. One of the things they do is bring up issues that will divide the country,” he said.
Wike emphasised that no Nigerian leader takes satisfaction in violence or killings and suggested that US President Donald Trump may have been misinformed.
Trump recently warned on his Truth Social platform that Christianity faces an “existential threat” in Nigeria and claimed he asked the Pentagon to prepare a possible attack plan, threatening that any US action would be “fast, vicious, and sweet — just like the terrorist thugs attack our cherished Christians.”
