> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.jermwarfare.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # There is no genocide of Christians in Nigeria - URL: https://www.jermwarfare.com/there-is-no-genocide-of-christians-in-nigeria/ - Published: 2026-06-30T14:49:06.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-24T09:43:40.000Z - Description: Yes, Christians are being killed. But so are Muslims. What's happening there is not a religious war, but a foreign-backed insurgency to destabilise the country for the purpose of oil and resources under the ground. The religious-war narrative is a distraction. - Author: Jerm - Tags: Nigeria, Christianity, Islam, Oil, Africa, Genocide This is another one of those myth-busting conversations I love having. For example, I've had similar ones about: - why there is [no Uyghur genocide](https://www.jermwarfare.com/brian-berletic-on-the-uyghur-genocide-myth/) in China; - why there was [no Rwandan genocide](https://www.jermwarfare.com/keith-harmon-snow-rwandan-genocide-myth/); - why the [Christchurch mosque massacre](https://www.jermwarfare.com/max-igan-christchurch/) was a cover-up by the New Zealand government; and - why the [Sandy Hook](https://www.jermwarfare.com/james-fetzer-on-why-sandy-hook-was-a-hoax/) school shooting didn't happen. Of course, there are way more, but my point is that I really enjoy challenging established narratives. Or, more accurately, letting my podcast guests challenge them. [Jerm Warfare podcastEverything you need to know about the Jerm Warfare podcast.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c7/82/c7826764-1091-409a-ac4a-3cdf32a7a528/content/images/icon/Grungy-logo-small-655d5ad1-6c19-48ab-bf75-7cdc25578278.png)Jerm WarfareJerm![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c7/82/c7826764-1091-409a-ac4a-3cdf32a7a528/content/images/thumbnail/Podcast-2-3eec838c-f495-4655-81d5-cd9e4bfb9fa8.jpg)](https://www.jermwarfare.com/podcast/) **PD Lawton** is a South African-born independent writer and researcher who runs [African Agenda](https://africanagenda.net/about/?ref=jermwarfare.com), a website focused on African geopolitics. Her work on Nigeria and, specifically, Boko Haram and the genocide of Christians, caught my attention. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c7/82/c7826764-1091-409a-ac4a-3cdf32a7a528/content/images/2026/06/boko-haram.jpg) Except that there is no genocide of Christians, argues PD. I've been hearing this claim for years, and I've never quite understood why, in Nigeria, Muslims are trying to wipe out Christians. > The official claim is that Nigeria is in the midst of a systematic, Islamist-driven genocide against Christians — that the government is complicit, and that over 100,000 Christians have been killed with tens of thousands of churches destroyed. Yes, Christians *are* being brutally killed. But the question is whether or not they're being targeted because of their faith. ## My newsletter has bigger balls than Brigitte Macron Subscribe Email sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. Even the US president has jumped on board. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c7/82/c7826764-1091-409a-ac4a-3cdf32a7a528/content/images/2026/08/Q-3ZrUmN1OlMBEJ9ouUoV_J9iFp8nW.jpg) Think about this for ten seconds. Would the US government *really* spend millions of dollars to send the military to bomb an African village for no reason other than simply helping Christians? Of course not. But it gets better. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c7/82/c7826764-1091-409a-ac4a-3cdf32a7a528/content/images/2026/08/8rJKDnWsht8uEv7x0hQA5_6HJNyRYp.jpg) It's as if Trump is the messiah, saving mankind and delivering us from evil. 😇 Amen. It's the perfect distraction — manufacturing a low-resolution conflict between Christians and Muslims, whilst the oligarchs and public-private partnerships pulling the strings stay hidden. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c7/82/c7826764-1091-409a-ac4a-3cdf32a7a528/content/images/2026/06/Look_Over_There-2-2.jpg) Well, as it happens, there is something else going on, which is what PD's research reveals. And it's the same agenda again and again and again. Money and power. > There's only one thing causing what's happening in Nigeria, and that is what is in the soil under people's feet. It's the mineral resources. > > — PD Lawton It's not a religious war. It's a geopolitical war. In short, PD's argument is that the 'Christian genocide' narrative is a ruse to obfuscate what's really happening: a Western-backed mineral resource grab. The violence isn't religious — it's synthetic insurgency designed to keep Nigeria in chaos so lithium, uranium, and gold can be looted, with the media's job being to sell the public a 'Muslims killing Christians' cover story. - In absolute numbers, Muslims die in far higher numbers because the violence is concentrated in the Muslim-majority north where most of the population lives. - Christians die more proportionally to their population in certain regions (especially the Middle Belt) where farmer-herder clashes overlap with religious identity. - But most jihadist violence isn't religiously selective — Boko Haram and ISWAP kill anyone they see as opposing them, including large numbers of Muslims, Muslim clerics, and Muslim civilians. I find this compelling. If you don't feel like watching the video, then please [subscribe to my podcast](https://www.jermwarfare.com/podcast/). You can listen to this conversation right now. In fact, do it anyway and leave a 5-star review so that others can discover my podcast. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c7/82/c7826764-1091-409a-ac4a-3cdf32a7a528/content/images/2026/08/2igkykKf74Fi4uSaE5aw3_2FwvArDr.png) People across the world are subscribed. Even Nigerians. 🤣