“I’m trying to understand this sudden love for Christians. Is it because we now have one of the largest refineries in the world…”
Video: Pastor Adefarasin questions Trump’s sudden love for Christians in Nigeria
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According to VANGUARD reporting, Pastor Wale Adefarasin, Senior Pastor of Guiding Light Assembly, has questioned what he described as the United States’ “sudden love” for Christians in Nigeria, following President Donald Trump’s recent comments on alleged religious persecution.
In a viral video released Monday, Adefarasin criticised Western portrayals of Nigeria as a country where Christians face genocide, calling such claims exaggerated and misleading. “For 40 years that I have been a Christian, there have been killings in southern Kaduna, killings on the plateau, there have been riots,” he said. “It’s nothing new. It doesn’t amount to genocide. The way the West are talking about it, it’s as if a Christian steps on the street, his head will be blown off.”
The cleric suggested that the renewed Western focus on Nigeria might be driven by geopolitical and economic motives rather than genuine concern for religious freedom. “I’m trying to understand this sudden love for Christians. Is it because we now have one of the largest refineries in the world… or is it because of the 21st-century minerals that we now have?” he asked.
His remarks follow Trump’s threat of possible U.S. military action over what he termed the “mass killing of Christians” in Nigeria.