Nigeria, once a hopeful mosaic of ethnicities and faiths, now bleeds beneath the weight of silent genocides orchestrated not merely by gunmen in the forest but by the minds that justify them. These are not just terrorists — they are the sympathizers, the quiet apologists, the ideological midwives of bloodshed who weaponize religion to rationalize murder.
Genocide is not only the physical annihilation of a people; it is the systematic erasure of identity, faith, and history. It is the deliberate intent to extinguish a group’s existence — body, soul, and memory. What Nigeria faces today is a chilling form of slow-motion genocide — one masked in tribal rhetoric, political silence, and religious hypocrisy.
Is the killing of Christians justifiable in a land where faith diversity is constitutionally sacred? Can any doctrine of heaven legitimize the slaughter of humanity? To answer “yes” is to confess moral bankruptcy. The blood that stains the soil of Kaduna, Benue, and Plateau does not ask whether its owner was Muslim, Christian, or atheist — it only cries for justice.
The true perpetrators of Nigeria’s genocidal sorrow are not only those who pull the trigger but those who stay silent, those who clap in private, those who sermonize hate behind the veil of religion. They are the symphony of complicity — politicians who feast on division, clerics who bless vengeance, and citizens who trade empathy for ethnic pride.
In this moral theater, Nigeria must confront a haunting truth: the genocide is not just happening in our villages; it is happening in our conscience. Until we name the sympathizers for what they are — architects of annihilation — peace will remain a dream deferred, and unity, a myth embalmed in hypocrisy.
– Inah Boniface Ocholi writes from Ayah – Igalamela/Odolu LGA, Kogi state.
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