On February 14, 2024, Bishop Anagbe appeared before the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, where he testified about the genocidal persecution of Christians in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, particularly in Benue State. He was invited again on March 12, 2025, during which the Bishop, accompanied by Reverend Father Remigius Ihyula, detailed systematic massacres carried out by ethnic Fulani jihadists against Christian farming communities—including kidnappings, church burnings, and land seizures.
According to the clergy, over 1,000 Christians have been documented as killed by the Fulani jihadists within a few months, while more than 160 churches have been destroyed in the past decade. Large swathes of land belonging to the Christian victims have been seized and are currently occupied by the jihadists, with no commensurate action from the government. Bishop Anagbe told the U.S. parliamentarians that the Nigerian government is engaging in a “conspiracy of silence” aimed at enabling an “Islamic agenda” to Islamize the region.
After his testimony, Bishop Anagbe and Father Ihyula reportedly received multiple death threats, allegedly from Nigerian government sources and Islamist groups.
In April 2025, foreign embassies (including the U.S.) warned of potential arrest upon Bishop Anagbe’s return to Nigeria. The Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied any involvement but promised to investigate the threats.
From May 24–26, 2025, Fulani jihadists attacked Bishop Anagbe’s home village, Aondona, killing no fewer than 42 people (some sources placed the casualty figure at over 70) and displacing hundreds. This was widely described as a reprisal for his testimony before the U.S. Congress.
Between June 1–13, 2025, further coordinated attacks by ethnic Fulani jihadists in Gwer West and Apa counties—including Yelwata (near Makurdi)—left over 300 men, women, and children butchered, with most victims burnt alive. This occurred despite community alerts to security agencies weeks before the attacks. Many will recall that the Bola Tinubu administration and its agents initially attempted to play down the Yelwata massacre until activist Verydarkblackman brought the gory images of the victims to social media.
During the last Lent/Holy Week, over 92 Christians were also massacred in Benue State.
It is important to note that the government, headed by a Muslim president and a Muslim vice president, has not prosecuted any known Fulani jihadist for these genocidal attacks. Most shocking is that after similar attacks in Jos—which left over 271 Christians dead—the leader of the Fulani jihadists held a press conference, broadcast by TVC News Nigeria, a station owned by the president. In the video, he issued conditions that must be met before they would stop killing innocent people. One of the conditions was the removal of a senior military commander responsible for maintaining peace in Plateau State. (I will share the video in the comment section.) As of this writing, that particular commander is no longer in his position—the government yielded to the jihadists’ demand.
I challenge anyone to fact-check everything I have written here.
THERE IS A CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE GOING ON IN NIGERIA, AND THE GOVERNMENT IS COMPLICIT. The “whataboutism” of claiming that some Muslims are also affected does not vitiate this fact—because even those Muslim victims were killed by fellow Muslims. There is no record of a predominantly Muslim community being targeted the way it has been happening in Southern Kaduna, Benue, and other parts of the Middle Belt.
Written by Charles Ogbu
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