- Plateau cleric says he has conducted over 70 genocide burials.
- Dachomo accuses government of downplaying killings targeting Christian communities.
- He claims Boko Haram was created for political power against Christians.
A Plateau State cleric, Rev Ezekiel Dachomo, has claimed that he has personally conducted more than 70 mass burials for Christian victims killed in violent attacks across several communities in the state.
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that Dachomo, who serves as the Regional Chairman of the Church of Christ in Nations in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area, made the claim during an interview with British journalist Piers Morgan on the Piers Uncensored podcast.
He alleged that the scale of killings in Plateau communities amounts to a genocide that has been consistently downplayed by the Nigerian government.
He said, “I have performed several genocide burials, more than 70 times. Imagine some of the graves have five hundred and one people killed in just one night in Dogo Nahawa in a village called Gembruk.”
Dachomo accused federal authorities of minimising the severity of the attacks allegedly carried out by extremists and armed groups targeting Christian communities. “The Nigerian government downplayed that one because the Islamic are controlling the government,” he alleged.
His remarks come despite repeated government denials that any form of religious genocide is taking place. He further claimed that Boko Haram was initially created by powerful political figures to remove former President Goodluck Jonathan from office because he was a Christian.
According to him, “The background of the initial fact-finding is that many high-ranking government officials created Boko Haram to remove Goodluck Jonathan, who is a Christian. They caused riots in every village, and the people ran away; they were relocated. Their target was to kill the Christians because Goodluck is a Christian. That’s why Goodluck said ‘my blood is not worth it’.”
Dachomo’s claims have added to a growing wave of international attention following recent briefings and debates on alleged religious violence in Nigeria.
