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UK government called upon to help stop the “genocidal attacks” on Christians in Nigeria

by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent

(Worthy News) – The Christian organization Aid to the Church in Need (ACN UK) on Monday presented a petition to the UK government calling for more to be done to stop the “genocidal attacks” by Islamic militants on Christians in Nigeria, Christian Today (CT) reports. At least 50,250 Christians have been murdered by jihadists in Nigeria since 2009, as the international community and the Nigerian government largely stood by.

The ACN UK petition was delivered to Fiona Bruce MP, the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief, on the first anniversary of a massacre at a church in Owo, Nigeria, in which Islamic extremists slaughtered 41 people and wounded 80 others on Pentecost Sunday 2022, CT reports.

The Bishop of Ondo, Jude Arogundade, whose diocese covers Owo, told ACN that the attackers have still not been brought to justice. “This anniversary presents an opportunity for us to reflect on what we have done so far and what further we can do to relieve those who are still suffering and help them live with their grief and trauma,” Bishop Arogundade said.”We hope all people of goodwill will join us and support us in prayers to comfort a grieving church. We still have so much to do to console the victims. Whatever support we get will help us to meet many of our needs.”

Accordingly, the ACN UK petition reads: “We request that the UK Government call on their Nigerian counterparts to bring to justice those responsible for genocidal attacks such as the Pentecost Sunday 2022 massacre and countless other killings, abductions and other atrocities. The UK Government must demand the arrest and imprisonment of terrorists, the return of lands and villages, as well as compensation for the destruction of properties and livelihoods,” the petition attests.

Notably, the petition also asserts that many Nigerian Christians have come to feel the international community “neither knows nor cares about them,” CT said.