The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs has denied that there is Christian genocide in Nigeria.

The council described the claims by the US government as false, dangerous, and politically motivated.

The Council’s Secretary-General, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, stated this while speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Sunday.

He said that the claims being circulated by some Western media and political figures were part of a coordinated campaign to destabilise Nigeria.

According to him, the violence in parts of the country was driven by criminality, poverty, and climate-induced migration, not religious persecution.

He said; “We affirm that in Nigeria, there is no Christian terrorism. There is no Muslim terrorism. There is no religious intolerance in Nigeria. The Nigerian tragedy is that of poverty, climate change, bad governance over time, and armed criminals who kill indiscriminately while a section of the world seeks to exploit the situation for geopolitical profits.”

The Secretary further accused some Nigerian separatist groups, foreign lobbyists, and U.S. politicians of exploiting Nigeria’s insecurity for personal or political gain.

According to him, “these groups push fabricated statistics and doctored videos to influence Western governments, particularly the United States, to take punitive actions against Nigeria.”

He then called on both the Nigerian government and the international community to reject the false and destabilising narrative.

“There is no Muslim terrorism or Christian terrorism in Nigeria—only criminals exploiting our divisions,” he concluded.