Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs Addresses Allegations of Genocide in Nigeria
Ademola Busayo 
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs has called for restraint and fairness in the responses to the recent allegation circulating on some international platforms and the social media that there is a genocide against Christians in Nigeria.
In a statement signed by the Deputy National Legal Adviser, Imam Haroun Muhammad Eze, the council which noted with appreciation, the refutations by various government agencies and other interest groups, which were motivated by a sense of duty and patriotism, the sole purpose of which was to counteract the negative false narrative constantly being peddled against by foreign forces, called for balanced responses.
The council cautioned who it described as Nigerians, with hidden motives, who peddle these negative narratives against their country, to desist because they serve as sources for foreign vested interests.
Citing different but accurate reports by some US agencies, the council recalls a U.S. State Department’s 2023 Report on International Religious Freedom which stated that “terrorists, bandits and armed criminal groups target mosques and churches indiscriminately in Nigeria.
The report also said in the first half of 2025 alone, terrorists and bandits are reported to have killed many people across Northern Nigeria, where Muslims are predominant, leaving thousands displaced and others in need of urgent aid”.
The supreme council also adds that even the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) 2025 Annual Report acknowledges attacks on both faiths.
The council therefore insists that fairness and balance be applied in all national affairs to avoid wrongful victimization of all Nigerians.
The statement emphasized that the council strongly believes in one and indivisible Nigeria, and it shall continue to work to preserve this ideal even in the face of the greatest provocation.
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