French Philosopher Describes 'Massacre Of Nigerian Christians, Massive In Scale And Horrific In Brutality' Underway, Turkish Presence, And Qatari Influence

War on Christianity turning into genocide in Nigeria

with help from Turkey, Qatar and China.

In a series of reports in French and American media, renowned French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy narrated a visit he made to Nigeria where he found that a massacre of Christians "massive in scale and horrific in brutality" is taking place. He also mentioned the Turkish presence and Qatari influence there.

In a December 20, 2019 op-ed in the Wall Street Journal titled "The New War Against Africa's Christians," Levy wrote about the violent Islamic extremists "more or less linked with Boko Haram" among the Fulani ethnic group. A bishop whom he met explained the Fulani extremists' pattern of attack: "They usually arrive at night. They are barefoot, so you can't hear them coming unless they're on motorcycle... Before villagers can take shelter or flee, the invaders are upon them in their houses, swinging machetes, burning, pillaging, raping. They don't kill everyone. At some point they stop, recite a verse from the Quran, round up the livestock and retreat. They need survivors to spread fear from village to village, to bear witness that the Fulani raiders fear nothing but Allah and are capable of anything." A Westerner living in Nigeria reportedly said that "Boko Haram 'instructors' have been spotted in Bauchi, another northeastern state, where they are teaching elite Fulani militants to handle more-sophisticated weapons that will replace their machetes." 

Recounting testimonies of victims whom he met, Levy wrote that one woman whom he met said that On July 15, "Fulani extremists rode into her village on long-saddle motorcycles, three to a bike, shouting 'Allahu Akbar!' They torched houses and killed her four children before her eyes" before cutting off her arm. Fulani extremists cut three fingers off the right hand of another woman, cut the nape of her neck with a machete, shot her, and poured gasoline on her and lit it on fire. She somehow survived.

Bernard-Henri Levy wrote in the Wall Street Journal about the Fulani extremists.

While in Nigeria, Levy encountered a Turkish member of a "religious mutual assistance group" that the man said was opening madrassas for the daughters of Fulani people. Levy describes an armed Fulani man wearing a jacket with Turkish- and Arabic-language badges. While sitting among Fulani men, one of whom says: "The Christians are dogs and children of dogs. You say Christians. To us they are traitors. They adopted the religion of the whites. There is no place here for friends of the whites, who are impure," a postcard vendor offers Levy portraits of Osama bin Laden and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

A report that MEMRI published on December 18, 2019, discussed an audio recording uploaded to YouTube in March 2014 reportedly featuring a phone call between a senior Turkish government official and a Turkish Airlines executive in which the latter says: "I am transporting dozens of materials, they are going to Nigeria right now, okay? [I do not know:] Are they going to kill Muslims or are they going to kill Christians? We are in sin right now, so you know" (see MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 8421 March 2014 Audio Reportedly Features Phone Call Between Turkish Airlines Executive, Erdoğan Advisor About Turkish Arms Shipments To Nigeria: 'Are They Going To Kill Muslims Or Are They Going To Kill Christians? We Are In Sin Right Now', December 18, 2019). On November 26, 2019, Nigerian news outlets reported that a spokesman for Nigeria's Defence Headquarters, had said that the Nigerian government was investigating claims that the Turkish government was sending weapons to Nigeria-based terrorist organization Boko Haram.

Buhari a Fulani

In a French-language article about the subject published on December 5 on the website of the French weekly Paris Match, Levy wrote: "A man came out to tell me I had nothing to do here. He spoke English. I had the time to make him admit... that he was Turkish, a member of a network of religious mutual aid funded by Qatar and responsible for opening, in the northern and central localities, madrasas for Fulani girls." The same article read: "And President Buhari... who already reigned between 1983 and 1985, following a coup, and who is still in today thanks to subsidies from Ankara, Qatar, and the Chinese, is himself a Fulani."

Following is the text of Bernard-Henri Levy's article as it appeared in the Wall Street Journal on December 20, 2019:

"Fulani Extremists Have Become Deadlier Than Boko Haram And Accounted For The Majority Of The Country's 2,040 Documented Terrorist Fatalities In 2018"

Please click on link for the full article on WSJ.

Gambia President Yahya Jammeh Refuses to Step Down

By Daniel Uria  

President of Gambia Yahya Jammeh has refused to step down from office following meetings with several African leaders. President-elect Adama Barrow left the country to attend the France Africa summit in Mali in hopes of resolving the situation so he can be sworn in. Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI | License Photo

BANJUL, Gambia, (UPI) -- Gambian President-elect Adama Barrow flew out of the country after talks to persuade President Yahya Jammeh to step down failed.

Talks between Jammeh, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, Liberian President Johnson Sirleaf and former president of Ghana John Dramani Mahama stalled after Jammeh refused to relinquish power, Jollofnews reported.

Barrow flew from Gambia to Mali to meet with the Economic Community of West African States at the ongoing France Africa summit where West African leaders will discuss the political standoff.

Jammeh's term is set to end on Thursday as Barrow hopes to have the issue preventing the presidential transition resolved so he can be sworn in, according to the BBC.

The African Union announced it will no longer recognize Jammeh's rule beyond Thursday and ECOWAS has said it will consider resulting to military force if he does not step down from office on his own.

Jammeh initially accepted the results of the election after Barrow won 43.3 percent of the vote versus his 39.9 percent.

He later filed a request with the Supreme Court to block Barrow from swearing in and said he will not step down until the court is able to reach a decision in May.

Jammeh has been accused of human rights violations since seizing control of the country in 1994 and thousands of Gambians have fled the country due to fear of the political uncertainty.

Nigerian Supreme Court Justice, 7 other Judges Charged with Corruption

If you have read this blog for more than a few months you will know that I believe Nigeria to be one of the most corrupt countries on the planet. From government to military to business, corruption runs rampant. It is my hope that President Buhari is considerably cleaner than his pathetic predecessor Goodluck Johnathon, and this action may be a sign that that is so. It's a drop in the bucket, certainly, but a big drop. Let's hope and pray the waves reverberate around that bucket and make life very uncomfortable for those who bring shame upon a country of beautiful people who deserve better.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, pictured at the U.S.-Africa Business Forum in New York City in September, pledged during his election campaign last year to fight corruption at all levels 

-- a pledge that resulted in the arrest of Nigerian supreme court justice Sylvester Ngwuta, as well 

as seven other judges. Ngwuta, who faces 15 counts, has pleaded not guilty. 

File Photo by Drew Angerer/UPI/Pool 

By Doug G. Ware

ABUJA, Nigeria, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A judge on Nigeria's supreme court was charged Monday with 15 counts of fraud, including money laundering, authorities said.

Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, along with seven other Nigerian judges, pleaded not guilty to the charges on Monday. He was arrested last month after a raid on his home yielded cash and several different passports, officials said.

Prosecutors also claim that Ngwuta attempted to conceal evidence in his home, including bags containing about $85,000 in cash.

"We object to bail being granted because we are of the opinion that the defendant may conceal or destroy evidence," prosecutor Charles Adeogun Philips argued in Abuja Federal High Court, asking the judge that bail be revoked for Ngwuta.

The supreme court justice, though, was granted release on $317,000 bail until his trial, with assistance from the Nigerian Bar Association, BBC News reported.

The judges are not allowed to resume presiding over their respective courts, however, until at least the conclusion of their trials.

The raids involving Ngwuta and the other judges were motivated by suspicions of corruption, and follow a pledge by President Muhammadu Buhari last year during his campaign to fight corruption. He won election and took power in May 2015.