20/02/2026
There are "Death Wells" in northern Nigeria filled with the bodies of Christians.
The genocide and persecution of Christians, especially in the north and Middle Belt of Nigeria, did not begin today, and it did not begin with Boko Haram, ISWAP, or Fulani jihadists.
It began since the 1980s with ordinary, everyday Muslims who, at any opportunity, would start religious riots and kill Christians, people they knew and spoke to every day.
Because Muslims were far more numerous than Christians in the north.
While Christians believed in peaceful coexistence, many Muslims viewed Christians and Christianity as a threat.
They saw Christians as infidels, Kafiri, Arne, common unclean things that needed to be removed.
One gory feature of this genocide against Christians was the dumping of dead Christians into wells to hide evidence, reduce the reported number of casualties, and contaminate the water supply.
This practice was common in places like Kano, Kaduna, and Plateau.
After the killing was eventually stopped in many cases by the military, Christians were in some cases left with no choice but to turn those wells into the final resting place for their fellow Christians.
After being lynched and butchered, they were also denied a proper burial.
There are countless sealed-up "death wells" in the north filled with the bones of murdered Christians: children, women, and men who died at the hands of Muslims during various crises.
Kano tops the list in this practice, but in one incident in Plateau, survivors recovered about 150 dead Christians from wells in one village alone, with some of them missing vital organs or limbs.
Journalists and witnesses saw bodies dumped in wells and sewage pits.
Survivors say the images and videos are so horrific they can traumatize a person for life.
These acts were not carried out by trained or confessed terrorists; they were carried out by everyday Muslims and almajiri.
Many of them are still alive today in government and the military; some of them are your friends here online.
These stories can be confirmed online and are important for every Nigerian and every Christian to know.
Because we cannot build any peace on a foundation of lies.
