Nigeria is grappling with a security crisis of unprecedented scale in its north-central region. On November 21, armed gunmen abducted 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers from St. Mary’s Catholic School in Niger state. This comes just four days after 25 schoolgirls were kidnapped in Kebbi state, marking over 325 victims in a single week. President Bola Tinubu has canceled his planned G20 attendance, while Defense Minister Alhaji Bello Matawalle coordinates rescue operations.
Earlier this month, U.S. President Donald Trump claimed that Christians in Nigeria face “genocide” and threatened military intervention. His statements went viral among evangelical and right-wing groups in the U.S., prompting calls for action under the guise of protecting persecuted Christians. Fact-checks, however, show a more nuanced reality: some abducted students are Muslim, and the violence reflects systemic insecurity, banditry, and governance failures rather than targeted religious persecution.
This video explores the true causes of Nigeria’s mass abductions, separating political exaggeration from evidence, and highlighting the need for structural reforms in governance and security rather than foreign political grandstanding.
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