Naija don turn gbagada for Christians this Christmas time oh! E no be small matter as Christians dey prepare for the birth of Jesus Christ, but wetin dem go fit celebrate when dem dey fear for their life? Omo, if you dey follow gist, you go sabi say many never recover from the pain of attacks wey don happen for this year, and the season supposed be for joy and family reunion. Instead, na fear and anxiety full the air.

For Kogi State, na serious wahala wey don happen. On December 14, 2025, some terrorists just show face for First Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) like say them be VIP, come kill four people and carry more than 20 worshippers go who sabi where. This kind thing don become regular matter like say na menu wey we dey use every year for Christmas. Church dey turn battleground, and the bandits dey catch una no too select.

As e be so, no one fit count all the Christians wey don die or dey kidnap this year, because many of the cases no even dey report. Na remote areas wey no fit get news coverage dey suffer most. Na wey dem dey carry their church for their head dey enter danger, the Christmas wey suppose bring joy don turn to season wey e get worry and tears.

Christian leaders dey shout up and down, dey call on government to step up dem security game. Dem dey cry say na serious matter dey happen and the way wey dem dey handle am resemble say dem no dey take e serious. Some dey talk say na genocide, while others dey argue say no be so e be. Na where dem dey draw line be that: wetin be genocide to some people, na just criminal act to others.

November 2025, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) come talk say dem dey target Christians up and down, dem dey kill, rape, and displace people like say dem be play video game. Dem don suggest say international bodies fit help, but wetin we go fit do when government dey see am as just normal community wahala?

For anywhere wey you check, it dey hard to ignore say this violence no just dey go one side. Dem don scatter church, dem don scatter family, and na this kind of thing dey push Christians to find refuge. Imagine say you and your paddy don run from your village, now you go dey celebrate for strange land with just wrapper for body and empty stomach. Wetin Christmas go mean for people wey dey suffer like this?

Christmas go be better time for prayer and remembrance for many this year. Instead of the usual celebrations, dem go just dey weep for people wey don loss their life or dey for captivity. The prayers go extend to those wey still dey inside suffering. Na who go remember those pikin wey dem carry go school wey turn kidnappers’ paradise?

Federal government dey talk say no be genocide, but dem go fit explain how we go fit stop this wahala? Dem don announce say dem don rescue 100 children wey dem kidnap from Catholic school last month. But wetin about the others wey still dey for inside? Na so Christmas go continue to dey remind us of the family wey wey don lost or dey missing, e go be time wey dem go just sit down dey cry.

As Christians dey prepare to celebrate, we suppose gather our strength together. We fit start small, just by helping those wey dey suffer for our communities. No be time to dey look by, this Christmas na time wey every Christian suppose show love and solidarity. Some organizations dey even compile names of displaced Christian families dem fit reach out to for help.

We fit make this season of joy mean something to our brothers and sisters wey dey go through hardship. Together, we go fit show say the light of Christmas no go shine because of shadows wey don fall for our society. Make we be our brother’s keeper, now na the real spirit of Christmas. Peace go reign, if we fit just put hand join hand.