Christian Genocide in Nigeria: US Covering up - Gumi Replies Shehu Sani

US airstrikes in Nigeria linked to reports by Onitsha-based screwdriver trader

A fresh report has revealed that the United States may have relied partly on information provided by Emeka Umeagbalasi, a screwdriver trader based in Onitsha, Anambra State, before launching recent airstrikes in Nigeria. According to a New York Times investigation, Umeagbalasi, founder of the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), has been cited by US Republican lawmakers in pushing claims that Christians are b…

Meet the Nigerian Activist Whose Reports Helped Shape Trump's View of the Christian Genocide

ONITSHA, Nigeria — Emeka Umeagbalasi, who runs a civil liberties organisation from his home in the commercial hub of southeast Nigeria, says he has documented 125,000 Christian deaths in Nigeria since 2009, figures that have been cited by prominent United States lawmakers. Mr Umeagbalasi, a Catholic who owns a small shop selling screwdrivers and wrenches in a market in Onitsha, founded the International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule o…

US bombing of Sokoto not based on Onitsha screwdriver seller intel - Fani-Kayode hits

Ambassador-designate Femi Fani-Kayode has dismissed as false a report by The New York Times suggesting that United States airstrikes on parts of Sokoto State were based on intelligence provided by a civilian source rather than official Nigerian channels. Posting on X, Fani-Kayode argued that it was implausible for the US government to rely on information from a private individual using online mapping tools to conduct a military operation. He sai…

US Using Nigeria as Cover Over ‘Christian Genocide’ Claim - Sheikh Gumi

Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has accused the United States, US, of cover up using Nigerian story of Christian genocide.   He was reacting to a post by former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, lamenting New York Times report that the report of Christian genocide in Nigeria was sourced from one Emeka, an Onitsha-based screwdriver trader.   The report had described Emeka as an operator of a small NGO who falsely claimed to have documented …