Nigerian pastor highlighted by Trump says he’s next after militia kills his relatives

JOHANNESBURG: A Nigerian Pastor highlighted by President Trump connected societal media, says that 9 members of his household person been killed. The curate is an outspoken professional of the sidesplitting of Christians by radicalized Muslim members of the Fulani militia.

Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo present says that the aforesaid militia has issued a decease menace against him. Dachomo, is the determination person of the Church of Christ successful Nations, successful Nigeria’s Middle Belt.

The State Department and a starring U.S. non-profit Christian enactment person demanded the Nigerian authorities instrumentality much enactment to halt what the State Department described to Fox News Digital arsenic "a shocking level of unit against Christians".

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Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo, determination person of the Church of Christ successful Nations, successful Nigeria’s Middle Belt, preaching astatine a ceremonial of murdered Christians.  (Truth Nigeria/ Masara Kim)

Multiple sources reported 9 of his extended household were killed successful an onslaught connected their household compound successful the Riyom territory of Plateau State connected July 12. A two-month-old babe is said to beryllium among those killed. The attackers were allegedly looking for Dachomo, reportedly asking arsenic they arrived "where is the begetter of this house?" adding, "Today, you volition larn a hard lesson", earlier opening occurrence indiscriminately.

This past week, helium posted connected X "A fewer days ago, Fulani herdsmen sent a threatening missive to maine and to members of my church. It’s connection was terrifying. They vowed to onslaught maine and termination maine soon, conscionable arsenic they killed 9 of my relatives."

The pastor continued, "I cognize what it means to basal earlier grieving families whose lone transgression was refusing to contradict Jesus Christ."

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People praying implicit the coffins of murdered Christians successful Nigeria. (Truth Nigeria/ Masara Kim)

"Now they accidental I volition beryllium next. But I inquire the world, what is my crime?" helium posted. "Is my transgression that I archer the stories of persecuted Christians successful Nigeria, truthful the satellite volition not hide them?"

"The Islamist Fulani taste militia hatred Pastor Ezekiel and targeted him due to the fact that helium is waking up Christians to the world of what they are facing," Judd Saul, laminitis of Equipping the Persecuted, a nonprofit, told Fox News Digital. Saul’s enactment works to extremity spiritual persecution successful Nigeria, specifically aiming to extremity extremist Islamist unit against Christians.

By the extremity of 2025, Dachomo said helium had to behaviour implicit 70 wide burials of Christians. The burials person continued this year, with the station highlighted by President Trump showing the Pastor presiding implicit the ceremonial of immoderate 20 believers.

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Saul believes the sidesplitting volition continue, saying "Equipping the Persecuted person documented overwhelming grounds that the Islamist Fulani taste militia are liable for the immense bulk of killings of Christians successful Nigeria. Within the past week alone, implicit 40 Christians person been killed, and we person been informing that determination are large attacks astir to hap wrong the adjacent fewer days."

Islamic Fulani militias are by acold the deadliest persecutors of Christians successful Nigeria, according to a six-year survey conducted by the Observatory for Religious Freedom successful Africa (ORFA) conscionable published. The survey recovered that the web of Fulani militias is liable for 4 times much civilian deaths than the 2 salient Islamic panic organizations, Boko Haram, and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) combined. Boko Haram was antecedently allied to Al Qaeda, and ISWAP is presently linked to ISIS.

Judd Saul, laminitis of Equipping the Persecuted with Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo. (Judd Saul/Equipping the Persecuted)

The ORFA study shows that terror-related unit killed 79,323 radical from 2019 to September 2025 successful Nigeria. This equates to 36 radical a day. Islamic Fulani accounted for 44% of the deaths — acold much than the 12% that Boko Haram and ISWAP killed combined.

Referring to the killings of Dachomo’s family, a State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital, "We person seen reports of the sidesplitting of 9 Christians successful Plateau State successful Nigeria. There remains a shocking level of unit against Christians successful the Middle Belt committed by Fulani Ethnic Militia."

"The United States offers its sincerest condolences to the household and loved ones of those who mislaid their lives," the spokesperson continued, "We unequivocally condemn this heinous act. We impulse the Nigerian authorities to clasp the perpetrators accountable and instrumentality circumstantial steps that volition amended information for Christians."

The spokesperson added, "During meetings with Nigerian officials successful Abuja July 13–15, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Frank Garcia, and the accompanying U.S. delegation stressed the United States’ sedate interest regarding the unit Christians look successful Nigeria and the request for factual action. As President Trump has made clear, the United States volition proceed to enactment with the Government of Nigeria to support Christians and beforehand spiritual state successful Nigeria."

Funerals for immoderate 27 Christians who were reportedly killed by Islamist Fulani tribesmen successful the colony of Bindi Ta-hoss, Nigeria connected July, 28, 2025 (Courtesy: Christian Solidarity International (CSI))

The Trump medication has carried retired a bid of aerial strikes successful Nigeria, aimed astatine stopping the sidesplitting of Christians. However, these person each been successful the northbound of the country, and specifically against Boko Haram, and ISWAP Islamists. There has been nary reported targeting of Fulani groups operating successful the coutry’s Middle Belt.

On this, Equipping the Persecuted’s Saul added, "We privation the Trump Administration to enactment laser absorption connected the Middle Belt of Nigeria, and the Fulani taste militia."

Dachomo told Fox News Digital, "We inquire President Trump to halt the Fulani terrorists from sidesplitting our radical successful Nigeria’s Middle Belt and surrounding regions. These attacks against Christian communities person been going connected for years and indispensable beryllium stopped. We request the United States to basal with us."

In an X post, the Pastor pleaded to the President of Nigeria: "Tinubu, I americium begging you successful the sanction of Jesus, halt Islamic agenda. Muslim(s), they privation to decorativeness us. Christian(s) aftermath up, unfastened your eyes."

Quoting from the Bible Psalm 118:6, helium added, "The Lord is connected my side; I volition not fear. What tin antheral bash unto me?"

He concluded, "They whitethorn endanger my life, but they cannot soundlessness the truth. They whitethorn termination the messenger, but they cannot termination the message."

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Contacted by Fox News Digital, Rabiu Ibrahim, spokesperson astatine the Nigerian Ministry of Information and National Orientation, offered condolences to the Rev. Dachomo but responded to the pastor’s accusations by saying, "The Government rejects attempts to represent the nation’s information situation arsenic a struggle betwixt faiths. Such narratives oversimplify a analyzable concern and hazard serving the interests of transgression groups who question to exploit existing responsibility lines, make fearfulness and undermine nationalist cohesion."
 

Ibrahim continued, "The unfortunate incidental involving Rev. Dachomo’s household is being treated with the seriousness that each nonaccomplishment of Nigerian beingness deserves. However, allegations regarding the identity, information and affiliation of perpetrators indispensable beryllium subjected to due probe and established done credible information findings. Nigeria’s information agencies stay committed to thoroughly investigating each attacks and bringing perpetrators to justice, careless of their individuality oregon background."