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From Okwe Obi, Abuja
The Christian Social Movement of Nigeria (CSMN) has lambasted the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and other organisations denying Christian genocide in the country.
President of the United States, Donald Trump, had raised concern over Christian genocide, warning that America would intervene if the killings of Christians should continue.
Since Trump’s remarks, the NSCIA and most Islamic organisations have denied the claim.
But, Convener of Christian Social Movement of Nigeria, Pastor Bosun Emmanuel, on behalf of 17 CSMN members, called on the United Nations and the International Criminal Court (ICC) to conduct an independent probe to ascertain their claims.
“Second, amid repeated denials of Christian Genocide in Nigeria, it is our position that the most effective way of proving the veracity of Christian genocide in Nigeria is by the intervention of the appropriate organs of the United Nations and the International Criminal Court (ICC) tasked with proving the truth about genocide and crimes against humanity; this will expose the brazen and grotesque assertion of Sheikh Ahmad Gumi that ‘Christians were buried empty coffins.’
“We affirm that the present Government of Federal Republic of Nigeria with its crop of questionable officials, some of whom are accused of sponsoring terrorists, lacks both the moral credentials and the political will to confront both the terrorists and perpetrators of Christian genocide.
“This is where the question of the sanctity of Nigeria’s sovereignty becomes even more questionable.”
He also reminded those kicking against the United States planned invasion that the government of the “United States of America is legally protected and guided under international humanitarian law to intervene in Nigeria to stop the on-going genocide against Christians.
“For those members of the press who might not be aware, the right of America to intervene in Nigeria militarily is anchored on the relevant clauses in international law.”
More so, he argued that what constitutes the crime of genocide in international criminal law “is well spelt out in Article II of the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, ratified by the UN General Assembly resolution 260 A (III) of December 9, 1948.”
