Breitbart | Thomas D. Williams | January 15, 2020
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) is appealing to President Trump and Pope Francis to intercede with their government to stop the “genocidal killings of Christians.”
Spokesmen for the rights group said they had made this decision after the recent spate of well-coordinated attacks on Christians by armed Islamists in Kaduna state.
The group’s leaders hope that as respected world leaders, Mr. Trump and Pope Francis will prevail upon Kaduna state governor Mallam Nassir El-Rufai and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari to finally take action against the genocide.
“Since Nigerian State and the Kaduna state government are not treating these threats as a national emergency we have decided to let the world know the true state of things and we are happy that some organizations have made similar findings,” said a statement jointly signed by the HURIWA National Coordinator Emmanuel Onwubiko and National Media Affairs Director, Zainab Yusuf.
“On the last count virtually all major Christian denominations in Kaduna State have witnessed dozens of attacks just as dozens of pastors have died in the cause of these targeted armed invasions and kidnapping,” the statement reads. “We are not accusing the Kaduna state government of involvements but we are worried about the conspiratorial silence to these series of attacks.”