Let’s not sugarcoat it. Nigeria is dying. Not slowly—well, maybe slowly, but painfully. Democracy? It’s collapsing right in front of our eyes. And the people paying the highest price? Christians. The ones who are supposed to be safe, who are supposed to have freedom of worship. The ones whose voices are being silenced, their villages burned, their children kidnapped.
Ever since Muhammadu Buhari became president on May 29, 2015, things started getting worse. Then Bola Tinubu came into office on May 29, 2023, and nothing really changed. If anything, the terror escalated. Attacks on Christians didn’t slow down—they intensified. Villages in Plateau, Kaduna, Borno, and Benue have been repeatedly targeted. Churches destroyed. Pastors abducted. Families slaughtered. Entire communities forced to flee.
Some even allege—these are allegations, mind you—that under Buhari, there were deliberate actions that led to Christian deaths in cities. Whether true or not, the perception is enough to show how fragile Nigeria’s democracy really is. And here’s the kicker: the terrorists, the ones carrying out these killings, aren’t being punished. They roam free. Muslim extremists have more freedom than Christians have safety.
And it’s terrifying. Christians cannot openly worship in some parts of Nigeria without fear. And what about the global stage? Silence. The world scrolls past it. Big news outlets barely cover it. Even Nigerian gospel singers—who usually speak out on everything else—are quiet. Why? I don’t know. And it baffles me. It’s upsetting. It’s like everyone decided to look away while Nigeria slowly dies.
Let’s get real. Democracy is not just about elections. Democracy is about protection, equality, justice. But when your government cannot—or will not—protect its citizens, when people live in fear for practicing their faith, democracy isn’t just failing. It’s dead.
And don’t even get me started on the numbers. Over the past few years, thousands of Christians have been killed, tens of thousands displaced. And yet, the world calls it “farmer-herder clashes” or “ethnic violence,” hiding the truth: Christians are being persecuted for their faith.
Nigeria is at a crossroads. Either the government acts now, the world wakes up now, and Christians are protected, or democracy continues to crumble piece by piece. Because when democracy dies, it doesn’t just disappear quietly—it bleeds. And Nigeria? It’s bleeding.
The Girl Behind The Dreamer’s Pause is saying it: This is real. This is happening. And it’s time someone said it loud enough for the world to hear.
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