ICC Note: The persecution of Christians in Nigeria has increased tremendously in the last year. According to the World Watch List, the country has experience at least a 62% increase in violent attacks against Christians, including their churches and their communities. Christians are usually persecuted because of their faith by some of their Muslims neighbors and Islamic radicals such as the Fulani and Boko Haram fighters.  

10/26/2016, Nigeria (Tru News) – Christians in Nigeria under Constant Attack, Officials Seem to downplay the religious component of persecution.

In the period January 2013–May 2016, 826 Christians were killed and 878 injured. There were 102 churches destroyed or damaged.

Over 20,000 Christian families have been displaced.

Government officials do not clearly identify Christians as targets in an anti-Christianity agenda.

The Nigeria Conflict and Security Analysis Network unearths and agenda composed of systemic attacks.

Nigeria’s Middle Belt is the scene of ever-continuing attacks on Christian farmers by mainly Muslim Hausa-Fulani herdsmen, including this past week where attacks have occurred in both Kaduna and Benue states. Now a recent report about another state in the Middle Belt, Nasarawa, shows that it too has been the scene of serious violence against Christians. In the period January 2013–May 2016, 826 Christians were killed and 878 injured. There were 102 churches reduced to rubble and ashes.

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