A prominent Plateau State cleric has publicly cursed former presidential aide Reno Omokri after the ex-official disputed reports of killings of Christians in the state.
Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo, Regional Chairman of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area, issued the warning in a video shared on his Facebook page on Thursday, insisting there is an ongoing genocide against Christians in Plateau and accusing Omokri of denying the reality of the violence.
“People like the ex-presidential aide are spitting on the graves of innocent people who are being killed by Islamic fundamentalists,” Rev. Dachomo said in an emotion-laden address. He said he has “evidence to prove this,” including pictures of children killed, and vowed to hold a press conference to present those materials.
Dachomo accused Omokri of participating in a campaign to downplay the killings — noting that when Fulani militants were reported to have killed more than 150 people in some Plateau communities a few months ago, Omokri posted on X (formerly Twitter) that only 17 had died. The tweet was later deleted after public backlash, Dachomo said, adding that Omokri never apologised for what he called misinformation.
“That man I have cursed already. He will never know peace down to his grave,” Dachomo said. “The blood of the people that has entered my brain, I have transferred them into his life. He will not escape.” He urged Omokri and others who deny the killings to repent, warning that failure to do so would mean they “will all face the wrath of God.”
Omokri has in recent weeks invited international fact-finding teams to Nigeria in an effort, according to reports, to counter claims that Christians are being targeted — a stance that has drawn fierce criticism from victims’ families, clergy and other Nigerians who say the scale of the killings has been under-reported.
In his video, Dachomo also criticised the government’s response, accusing officials of turning away from communities crying for help and of obscuring the scale of recent attacks. He said he would soon present victims’ identities and photographic evidence at a press conference.
Attempts to reach Omokri for comment were not immediately successful. The dispute underscores rising tensions between activists, clerics and some public figures over how the violence in Plateau and other parts of the country is described and addressed.