A leading Nigerian criminologist and board chair of the Catholic inspired NGO, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) says the group could launch an international campaign urging American voters to vote out the Biden administration if it continues to turn a blind eye to the persecution of Christians in Nigeria.
“The U.S. government must be compelled to take action, if not it should be voted out,” Emeka Umeagbalassi told Crux.
“It is likely that we might launch an international campaign urging American voters to vote out the Democratic Party if the Democratic Party continues to ignore, to aid, to abet the killings in Nigeria, because if Nigeria eventually explodes, the American government cannot contain the aftermath effects of the implosion and explosion in Nigeria,” he said.
His comments came in reaction to the continued push by some international non-state actors and some lawmakers in the United States for the government to take action and save Christians from being systematically exterminated in Nigeria.
The latest of such calls came from Save the Persecuted Christians – an international NGO – that not only works to “expose the hard-facts and causes of anti-Christian violence in a record number of countries worldwide,” but also to “save lives of suffering Christians…by providing strong incentives for bad actors to embrace peace, repent of their violent misdeeds, and look with kindness on their neighbors.”
In a March 25 statement titled “TAKE ACTION: Stop the genocide of Nigerian Christians by Islamists,” Save the Persecuted Christians urges the U.S. Congress “to vote in favor of House Resolution 82, to impose conditions on U.S. policy toward Nigeria, so that our brothers and sisters have a chance to live, and to do it with dignity.”
Nigeria has faced severe Christian persecution in recent years, with alarming numbers supporting this claim. In the previous year, Islamist extremists were responsible for the deaths of over 5,900 Christians, as reported by Open Doors.
