Fresh indications emerging on Sunday have revealed that Reverend Ezekiel Dachomo’s Facebook account has been deleted.
It was gathered that Dachomo’s Facebook account was deleted amid the revelation of Christian genocide cases in Nigeria.
Dachomo, the Regional Chairman of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) in Plateau State, has been a central figure in documenting and publicizing the violence Christians face in Nigeria’s Middle Belt.
His deleted Facebook account was his primary channel for sharing graphic footage of mass burials, compiling alleged evidence of attacks, and directly criticizing the Nigerian government and security agencies for perceived inaction.
The news of Dachomo’s account deletion was first reported on Facebook by one of the pastor’s supporters and social media influencer, Isaac Show, who said he received a call from Rev. Dachomo notifying him that all his social media accounts had been taken down.
According to Isaac Show, the cleric was informed that his posts were considered to “jeopardise national security,” a claim he strongly rejected.
“A government that sympathises with terrorists,” Show wrote, expressing outrage over the development. He alleged that individuals he described as “terrorist sympathisers” still maintain active social media accounts without consequence.
Show added that his own Facebook page had been shadow-banned, with visibility drastically restricted.
“This is the price we have to pay for following Jesus Christ and speaking the truth and I’ll never give up,” he said.
Dachomo has also confirmed the deletion of his account in a brief message to journalists, saying, “It is true my Facebook account has been deleted.”
Pan-Atlantic Kompass reports that Dachomo’s Facebook account was deleted a few days after he revealed that since he began speaking out and exposing incidents of Christian genocide in the state, he has allegedly been receiving threats and warnings from some of President Bola Tinubu’s aides and loyalists from the Presidential Villa, urging him to desist from his advocacy, claiming he is demarketing the country.
“They are threatening and warning me to stop exposing Tinubu’s government at the global level over the ongoing killings of Christians in Nigeria by Fulani terrorists. They say they’re watching my every move from Aso Rock,” Rev. Dachomo said in a viral video.
“Somebody from Aso Rock called me and said, ‘Reverend, stop exposing the government, your own government, your country.’ He told me they are watching every one of my moves from Aso Rock.
“I said, oh, so I’m now exposing my government while they are watching me right on social media.
“Then I said, what about me? That same government is exposing us to Fulani killings by refusing to stop Fulani herdsmen from attacking us. Are they not exposing us? Their silence is endangering Christians all over Nigeria.
“I was at the gravesite near Abuja today. When I was just climbing Awankibo, a phone call came and said, ‘Reverend, have you heard what is happening?’ I asked, ‘What is happening again?’ I thought they had attacked another location, and this one was more severe. It’s stronger.”
