On February 14th, 2024, Bishop Anagbe appeared before the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Sub-committee on Africa, testifying about the genocidal persecution of Christians in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, particularly Benue State.
He was invited again on March 12, 2025 during which the good bishop, accompanied by reverend father Remigius Ihyula, detailed systematic massacres by ethnic Fulani jihadists against Christian farming communities, including kidnappings, church burnings, and land seizures.
According to the clergy, the number of Christians documented to have been killed by the Fulani Jihadists is over 1000 within months with over 160 Churches destroyed In the past decade and large swaths of land belonging to the Christian victims seized and currently occupied by the jihadists with no commensurate action from the government.
Bishop Anagbe told the US parliamentarians that the Nigerian govenment was engaging in a “conspiracy of silence” aimed at enabling an “Islamic agenda” to Islamize the region.
After Testimony, Bishop Anagbe and Father Ihyula received multiple death threats allegedly from Nigerian government sources and Islamist groups.
In April 2025, foreign embassies (including the U.S.) warned of potential arrest upon his return to Nigeria.
The Nigerian Foreign Ministry denied involvement but promised investigations.
On May 24–26, 2025: Fulani Jihadists attacked Bishop Anagbe’s home village – Aondona – killing not less than 42 people (some sources placed the casualty figure at over 70) and displacing hundreds. This was described by many as reprisal for his testimony at the US Congress.
On June 1–13, 2025, further coordinated attacks by ethnic Fulani Jihadists in Gwer West and Apa counties including Yelwata (near Makurdi) left over 300 men, women and children butchered with most of the victims burnt alive.
This was even as the communities alerted the security agencies of the impending attacks weeks before it happened. Many of you would remember that the Bola Tinubu govt and her agents actually tried to play down the Yelwata massacre until activist Verydarkblackman went to the venue to bring the gory images of the victims to social media.
During the last Lent/Holy Week, over 92 Christians were massacred in the same Benue.
Please note that the govt headed by a muslim president and a muslim vice president has not prosecuted any known Fulani jihadist for any of these genocidal attacks.
Most shocking is the fact that after similar attacks in Jos which left over 271 Christians dead, the leader of the Fulani jihadists called a Press Conference where he was shown in a video shared by Tvcnewsng, a television station owned by @officialABAT, giving conditions that must be met before they stop killing innocent people.
One of the conditions he gave was the removal of a senior military commander in charge of keeping peace in Plateau. (I will share the video in the comment section ) As I type, that particular commander is no longer in his position. Your govt yielded to the demand of the jihadist.
I challenge anyone to fact-check everything I have written here.
