Plateau State cleric, Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo, has disclosed that he has presided over more than 70 mass burials in the aftermath of what he described as widespread killings of Christians in Nigeria by Islamic extremists.
Speaking during an interview with British journalist Piers Morgan, the clergyman alleged that the Nigerian government has failed to address the attacks or protect affected communities.
“I have performed several genocide burials, more than 70 times. Some of the graves are five hundred and one people killed in just one night,” he said.
According to him, these incidents have been minimized by authorities. “The Nigerian government downplayed that one because the Islamic are controlling the government,” he claimed.
Rev. Dachomo also asserted that the Boko Haram terrorist organisation was created by certain government officials with the intention of unseating former President Goodluck Jonathan.
He alleged that these actions were part of a broader attempt to displace Christians from leadership and install a Muslim president.
“The background of the initial fact-finding is that many high-ranking government officials created Boko Haram to remove Goodluck Jonathan, who is a Christian,” he said.
“They caused riots in every village, and the people ran away; they were relocated. Their target is to kill the Christians because Goodluck is a Christian. That’s why Goodluck said ‘my blood is not worth it’,” he added.
