Outspoken Plateau State clergyman, Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo, has disclosed that he has been receiving threats and warnings from President Bola Tinubu’s aides and loyalists from the Presidential Villa.
He stated that they have been warning him to desist from speaking out and making claims of Christian genocide in the country.
The clergyman made the claim via a video circulating on social media platforms since Friday.
Dachomo stated that in the last two months, since he began countering the government’s denial of a Christian genocide in the state and other parts of the Middle Belt with credible evidence, some people loyal to the Tinubu administration have been issuing threats to silence him.
The vocal man of God, who is the Regional Chairman of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, claimed that his advocacy has made those who want to deceive the world into believing Christians are not facing persecution by Islamic terrorists and Fulani bandits uncomfortable.
“They are threatening and warning me to stop exposing Tinubu’s government at the global level over the ongoing killings of Christians in Nigeria by Fulani terrorists. They say they’re watching my every move from Aso Rock,” Dachomo said in the video.
He recalled an instance when someone from Aso Rock called to warn him against exposing the government to the international community.
“Somebody from Aso Rock called me and said, ‘Reverend, stop exposing the government, your own government, your country.’ He told me they are watching every one of my moves from Aso Rock.
“I said, oh, so I’m now exposing my government while they are watching me right on social media.”
However, the clergyman, who had already declared in one of his videos that he is not afraid of death in the course of his advocacy, said he told the person that he rejects the idea of staying silent because of the government’s inaction, which continues to endanger the lives of Christians in Nigeria.
“Then I said, what about me? That same government is exposing us to Fulani killings by refusing to stop Fulani herdsmen from attacking us. Are they not exposing us? Their silence is endangering Christians all over Nigeria.
“I was at the gravesite near Abuja today. When I was just climbing Awankibo, a phone call came and said, ‘Reverend, have you heard what is happening?’ I asked, ‘What is happening again?’ I thought they had attacked another location, and this one was more severe. It’s stronger.”
Rev. Dachomo went further to accuse the Nigerian government of failing to take decisive action to curtail the killing of Christians, which he says has emboldened extremist groups and bandits to continue their killing spree.
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