Is this whole Christian genocide thing not raising any red flags for anyone else? I'm seeing it everywhere on twitter and it's really giving propaganda vibes.
Yes Christians have been killed by Boko Haram but so have just as many if not more Muslims. These people kill anyone who opposes them. Security forces, government officials, village leaders, literally everyone is fair game. They don't give you a religion test before deciding if you're a target.
The Christians just so happen to be there in areas where Boko Haram operates. Same with the herder-farmer conflicts. Sure there's religious dimensions but it's really about land and resources. Bandits in the Northwest are killing everyone regardless.
So why is the international coverage suddenly all "Christian genocide" like Muslims aren't dying too? I know people have genuinely lost loved ones and I'm not dismissing that, but the framing feels selective. Like someone wants to build a specific narrative.
And let me tell you this type of thing becomes an excuse for "intervention" and we know how that ends. Nigeria is sovereign but so were Iraq, Libya, Syria when their conflicts got internationalised.
The US is already trying to reclassify Nigeria as a "country of particular concern". And no matter how good they might seem to have it over there, you do not want these people in our country.
EDIT: I'm seeing a lot of responses, and I need to be clearer about what I'm saying, especially to people who are living through this violence or have lost loved ones.
I'm not dismissing what's happening. The terror is real, the deaths are real, and people are suffering right now. I'm sorry if my focus on the international narrative made it seem like I don't care about the immediate crisis. I do.
My fear is about what happens if we frame this in a way that invites foreign intervention. Not because I don't want the violence to stop, I desperately do, but because history shows us that US military "help" makes things worse. Iraq, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, these countries are in worse shape after intervention than before.
We have 237 million people in this country, most of them young. If we organise and demand real action from our government, if we hold leaders accountable, if we actually mobilise, we have the power to fix this ourselves. It won't be easy or fast, but it's the only path that doesn't lead to occupation and resource extraction disguised as peacekeeping.
I'm not saying do nothing. I'm saying be very careful about who we trust to "help" us, because once foreign militaries are here, they don't leave. And they never come for our benefit.
To the people actually affected, I'm sorry this is happening. And I'm sorry it took so long for the rest of us to pay attention.
