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A Nigerian pastor and other Christians have accepted President Donald Trump’s pressure on the Abuja government to end the killing of Christians. The President recently singled out Nigeria as the country of greatest concern, and warned that he is considering aid to stop and introduce financial institutions and other officials facing government officials.
But the Christians FOX News Digital spoke to, while accepting the support of Trump, said that they do not want the troops to be sent to Nigeria to stop the killing of their affected areas, which are targeted in the middle of the West African nation.
Asking to be tested only by his first name for fear of reprisals, pastor Fred told FOX News Digital from the Nigerian government, “because the Nigerian government is tolerant of those who have the power to make a difference because lives are lost.”
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Members of St Leo Catholic Church hold a meeting to mark Palm Sunday in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria, on April 13, 2025. (Adekunle Ajayi / Getty Images)
Despite the Secretary of War Pete Hegseth sent a warning earlier this month that, “the Department of War is preparing for serious action, or we will kill Islamic terrorists who have been attacked repeatedly by Islamic forces, who have been strongly attacked or any actions of foreign forces.
“I find it uncomfortable, as a Nigerian the soldiers come in. (I’m uncomfortable with it, but I’m comfortable with the fact that people are being killed, and the government is doing very little.”
A leading bishop in Nigeria’s Plateau State, who did not want to give his name for his safety, He told FOX News Digital of Helku about the President’s comments, “I feel very happy. I’m very happy. It’s a very happy thing.”
Last month, President Trunga sent a social truth, saying that three out of every four Christians killed in the world last year, 3,00 out of 4,476 who died worldwide, were killed in Nigeria. These are the exact numbers published by Open Doors in their Global List 2025. Open Doors is a global Christian charity that supports Christians who are persecuted for their faith.
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The youth are protesting against the killing of these following a deadly attack by Fulani forces on Christian villages – most of the villages in Bunu – left 218 people dead. The protest took place in Bue State, June 2025. (Open doors UK)
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom says that about 46% of Nigerians are mostly Christians, and many sources say that in the case of Bishop’s Pond, 90% of the people are said to be Christians. However, wave after wave of radicalid Muslim Fulani Nomadic Tribesmen have launched repeated attacks on Christians there, often beheading children and abducting them.
The bishop noted, “the challenge we have is that Fulani soldiers come to kill without anyone stopping them. If they come safely.” When they come, after the people have already burned. “
In December 2023, the bishop said his experience was typical “they [Fulani militants] he killed 17 people. We thought it was over. While we were going to the burial, they attacked more than 25 villages in Plateau State, killing more than 100 people, including children. “
The bishop is grateful for the intervention of President Trump, “Christians here feel that this development is right. One [in Washington] It is checking, someone’s look, someone is looking at what is happening in Nigeria, and we believe that this will put pressure on the government. We want to make sure that the security forces start doing what they are supposed to do. “
FOX News Digital has documented cases where, while attacking Christians in Nigeria, Fulani soldiers shouted, “death to all Christians.” A representative of Nigeria’s FOX News Digital spoke to this week and said that the situation has become indescribably difficult, considering “thousands of them have collapsed, their stomachs have been destroyed and their farms have been rushed by the brutal Fulani.”
The funerals of 27 other Christians who were reported to have been killed by the Fulani Muslim tribes in the town of Bindi Ta-hoss, Nigeria. (Courtesy: Christian Solarity International (CSI))
A lawyer told Fox Digital news, “President Trump’s intervention is timely, and it should be done immediately, before the Nigerian government turns to Russia or China.” The lawyer does not want his name published as he fears for his safety.
“The Nigerian government did not pay much attention to the plight of these people,” said the lawyer. He hoped “that the US will act in different ways to free some Christians from the Hegemony of the Fulani wars.”
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria told FOX News Digital, “The Federal Government of Nigeria has taken care of the well-being of the freedom of Nigeria, where we want to be very clear in protecting the rights of Christians, Muslims and people of other faiths.”
The minister continued, “Nigeria is a multi-faith nation where communities of different faiths have come together in other forms, even if they work together in this matter, and work together, and work together, rather than cooperation, rather than Perception or lies.”
