A Nigerian bishop has warned American lawmakers that Christian communities in his country face the prospect of eradication unless foreign governments intervene swiftly to halt a worsening tide of violence.
Appearing remotely via Zoom before the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa on 20 November, Bishop Wilfred Anagbe of Makurdi told members that “without quick intervention, Christianity risks elimination in parts of northern and Middle Belt Nigeria within a very short time”.
His appeal came on the same day a gunmen stormed a Catholic boarding school in western Nigeria and abducted children from their hostel, the latest in a series of attacks on churches and schools across the region.
