The Companion condemns allegations of genocidal campaigns against Christians in Nigeria

By Innocent Anaba

A Muslim group, The Companion has described arsenic unfounded and sheer ruse wholly bereft of facts, allegation of genocidal campaigns against Christians successful Nigeria arsenic being peddled by immoderate American politicians.

National Amir (President) of The Companion, Imam Nojeem Jimoh, successful a connection connected Thursday, said: “We hereby registry our beardown disapproval of the caller remarks credited, successful particular, to the United States Senator Ted Cruz alleging genocidal campaigns against Christians successful Nigeria.

“The allegation is acold removed from the Nigerian reality. We reckon that Senator Cruz’s assertions magnitude to a reckless misrepresentation of the analyzable information challenges the federation is presently confronting.

“The US lawmaker appears to beryllium acting a publication written by immoderate irredeemable blackmailers or, worse still, indulging successful a self-serving escapade aimed astatine attracting shameful and soiled governmental gains.

“There is perfectly nary spiritual magnitude to the activities of transgression groups oregon bandits successful Nigeria, arsenic the victims of these convulsive attacks chopped crossed each spiritual and taste divides.

“Nigeria is doing reasonably good battling with bandits adjacent arsenic they support spreading. Their mischievous rampage is driven by greed and criminality, not religion. The existent world successful Nigeria is acold from the conjecture being painted by Senator Ted Cruz.

“We caution the US legislator against attempting to crook Nigeria into different Gaza done inflammatory rhetoric and divisive narratives.

“While the satellite has go a planetary colony wherever nary federation tin fell genocidal activities, the US volition bash much for humanity by restraining herself from the complicit relation she is playing with Israel successful the genocide against the Palestine successful Gaza and the mediate eastbound portion successful wide wherever Israel is recklessly attacking sovereign nations astatine will.

“Senator Cruz and his co-travellers should purge themselves of specified unsafe assumptions and debar stoking spiritual hostility successful a state striving to flooded its multifaceted information and developmental challenges.

“While reaffirming our committedness to peace, justice, and interfaith harmony, we extends an unfastened invitation to Senator Cruz and applicable US authorities to stock immoderate credible accusation they person astir the bandits attacking assorted mineral-rich communities successful Nigeria,” the connection added.