Senior Pastor and General Overseer of Guiding Light Assembly, Wale Adefarasin, has raised concerns over what he described as a sudden surge of Western interest in alleged “Christian genocide” in Nigeria, following recent threats by US President Donald Trump.
Adefarasin, who is the younger brother of House On The Rock founder, Pastor Paul Adefarasin, suggested that the renewed foreign outcry may be tied more to Nigeria’s growing economic significance and resource value than to genuine concern for Christian lives.
Addressing his congregation on Sunday, the cleric noted that violent attacks against Christians in parts of the country have been ongoing for decades, but insisted that they did not match what he called the exaggerated narrative of ‘genocide’ currently being pushed in some Western circles.
“For over 40 years that I have been a Christian, there have been killings in Southern Kaduna, killings on the Plateau, and there have also been religious riots,” he said. “So it’s not a new development. It does not amount to genocide. But the way the West is talking about it now, you would think that the moment a Christian steps outside, he would be shot in the head.”
Adefarasin went further, questioning the real motivation behind the sudden global attention.
“I am trying to understand this sudden love for Nigerian Christians,” he said. “Is it because we now have one of the largest refineries in the world and no longer need to export raw materials for processing? Or is it because of the new critical minerals discovered in our soil, the same minerals needed for nuclear energy and electric vehicle production in the 21st century?”
Adefarasin also questioned whether these could actually be the real reasons some of Nigeria’s supposed “friends” were talking about invading the country under the pretext of defending Nigerian Christians.
