‘I’ve conducted over 70 mass burials for victims of attacks’ -Plateau pastor tells Piers Morgan

Prominent Plateau State cleric, Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo, says he has presided over more than 70 mass burials following what he described as repeated massacres of Christians by Islamic extremists.

In an interview with a British journalist, Dachomo accused the Nigerian government of ignoring widespread killings, alleging that authorities have consistently failed to address the violence.

“I have performed several genocide burials—more than 70 times. Some of the graves contain as many as 501 people killed in just one night,” he said.

He further alleged that the government downplayed such incidents because, according to him, “the Islamic are controlling the government.”

Dachomo also claimed that Boko Haram was formed by certain government officials with the aim of removing former President Goodluck Jonathan from office. He argued that the intention was to displace Christians from power and install a Muslim leader.

“The background of the initial fact-finding is that many high-ranking government officials created Boko Haram to remove Goodluck Jonathan, who is a Christian,” he said.

“They caused riots in every village, and the people ran away; they were relocated. Their target is to kill the Christians because Goodluck is a Christian. That’s why Goodluck said, ‘my blood is not worth it.’”