"Nigeria Has Become Deadliest Place on Earth to Be a Christian”: Bishop Tells US Lawmakers
- The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi, Wilfred Anagbe, has addressed the United States House Subcommittee on Africa
- Bishop Anagbe told the US lawmakers that “Nigeria has become the deadliest place on earth to be a Christian”
- The Catholic bishop recounted a series of recent violent incidents against Christian communities in Nigeria
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United States - The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi, Wilfred Anagbe, said Christianity faces the risk of being wiped out in parts of the North and Middle Belt of Nigeria.
Bishop Anagbe warned that Nigeria was entering “one of its darkest periods” for Christians.
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He stated this in his testimony before the United States House Subcommittee on Africa on Thursday, November 20, 2025.
As reported by The Punch, he cited unrelenting killings, mass displacement, and targeted attacks carried out “with impunity.”
“Nigeria has become the deadliest place on earth to be a Christian.”
According to the Catholic Bishop, the violence is a systematic effort to wipe out Christian communities and erase their cultural and religious identity.
“Christianity risks elimination in parts of Northern and Middle-Belt Nigeria within a very short time.”
The Catholic bishop called that move “a serious, well-founded wakeup call.”
“Millions of displaced persons remain in camps, unable to return to their ancestral lands. This threatens cultural continuity, religious and economic survival.”
Arise News via its X handle, @ARISEtv, shared the video of the Catholic Bishop's testimony.
Bishop Anagbe said attacks by Fulani militants and Boko Haram have intensified, targeting Christian communities with impunity.
He added that more believers are killed than in the rest of the world combined, yet perpetrators face little accountability.
The clergyman said violence is spreading, displacing millions and destroying farmland, creating a humanitarian crisis worsened by food insecurity.
Anagbe said Nigeria must now be met with decisive action after the country was designated a Country of Particular Concern.
The Catholic priest warned that without urgent intervention, Christianity risks being wiped out in Northern and Middle Belt Nigeria.
Nigerians react as Catholic bishop address US lawmakers
@realTobiAkinbo
This is the kind of courage I want to see in. Men of God, any pastor that's scared to expose the Nigerian government and their terrorists like this, is not a pastor.
@Eroroivie
Nobody is in charge. The president is just there for him & his family to enjoy and throw their weight around….Awa lokan.
@Gotoants
Nigerian Christians in some of the most religiously terrorised parts of the North knows what this Catholic priest said about Nigeria as the deadliest place on earth to be a Christian is absolutely falsehood. May the Lord remember his false testimonies against the truth Prov 6:19.
@ezestc
This is true. Genocide against Christians is ongoing and the govt is either silent or not doing enough to protect the people. For fact, the govt is in denial of the killings. What's the need of a govt that can't protect lives and properties? Genocide is continuing in Nigeria.
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