Catholic bishops and senior church figures in Nigeria say violence against Christians has become increasingly worrisome and that the pattern has worsened over the past two decades. Vanguard reports that Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria Archbishop Michael Francis Crotty and the Archbishop of Owerri, Most Rev. Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, raise the alarm, presenting the trend as disturbing and persistent.
Daily Post Nigeria also highlights criticism of ongoing persecution, quoting Ugorji and others in the context of an annual church gathering. It frames the issue as a complex, debated problem linked to a mix of religious tensions alongside religious, ethnic, and economic factors. Across both reports, the common focus is the concern expressed by Catholic leadership and the call to recognize and address what they describe as an enduring rise in attacks affecting Christians in parts of the country.
