Pastor Wale Adefarasin, General Overseer of Guiding Light Assembly, has questioned the United States’ motives for threatening to invade Nigeria to protect Christians, suggesting economic interests may be driving the sudden concern.
Speaking during a Sunday service covered by Arise TV, Pastor Adefarasin expressed skepticism about the timing of Western intervention threats. “For the over 40 years that I have been a Christian, there have been killings in Southern Kaduna, killings on the Plateau. There have been riots. And as a result of that, there were killings of Christians in Nigeria. And so it’s nothing new. It doesn’t amount to genocide. The way the West is talking about it, it’s as if a Christian steps on the street, and his head will be blown off. And I’m trying to understand this sudden love for Christians,” he said.
The clergyman questioned whether economic factors were influencing Western concern. “Is it because we now have one of the largest refineries in the world and no longer have to ship raw materials abroad and bring in the finished products? Or is it because of the 21st-century minerals that we now have in our earth that are used to generate nuclear power for electric vehicles? Are those the reasons that our friends are threatening to invade our country to defend and protect Nigerian Christians?” he asked.
Pastor Adefarasin also highlighted what he described as inconsistency in Western reactions to religious issues. He pointed to a recent incident in France where an image of Prophet Muhammad was defaced, noting that the event generated no significant international outrage or condemnation.
According to the pastor, Western nations did not characterize this as persecution of Muslims in France, raising questions about the selective application of religious freedom concerns and suggesting that geopolitical and economic interests, rather than genuine religious solidarity, may be motivating threats of intervention in Nigeria. View, More,
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