The Presidency has traced the allegation of Christian genocide in Nigeria to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
President Bola Tinubu’s spokesman, Daniel Bwala, in an interview with TVC’s Your View, claimed that IPOB started the narrative in 2016.
Bwala argued that most victims of insurgency in Nigeria are Muslims rather than Christians.
He lamented those profiling the killings are those who have an agenda against Nigeria.
He said, “Since that IPOB started this thing as far back as 2016, amplifying the false narrative that there is a genocide against the Christians in Nigeria.
“Those that are killed are more of the Islamic faith than of the Christian faith. And government will be irresponsible if all we sit down, we’ll be talking about how many are killed Christians, how many are killed Muslims.
“That’s why we’ve maintained consistently the position that it is criminal elements, and we are joining and forcing a common force so we can find them; we don’t profile the killing.
“Now, those who profile the killing actually are the people who have an agenda against the Nigerian state. And this whole hoax of Christian genocide started from IPOB.
“There was an investigative report that was conducted last week. I think Arise News mirrored that in their Stories Trending, which says that IPOB started this thing as far back as 2016, amplifying the false narrative that there is a genocide against the Christians in Nigeria.
“Unfortunately, that fake news, that falsehood, made it to the ears of senators in the United States, like Senator Ted Cruz and Representative Randy Moore, and the rest of them. This is the kind of quagmire that we have found ourselves in.
“But dialogue helps in deepening the conversation and identifying the problem. First, we and the American government have a lot of things that we have shared interests in.
“So this is how you start a diplomacy conversation, find areas where you both agree, and then you realize that the areas you disagree are not as much as the areas you agree, and you’ll find a solution to it.”
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