There has been growing calls for the UK to confront Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, over the incessant killing of Christians in the northern part of the country, The calls follow Tinubu’s planned state visit to the United Kingdom, on Wednesday.

Tinubu and his wife, Oluremi, is scheduled to be received by King Charles at the Windsor Castle before proceeding to Downing Street to meet PM Keir Starmer.

Since ceding colonial rule in 1960 and subsequently aiding the massacre of over 3 million South-Easterners in the 1967 Civil war, Britain has maintained limited intervention in its diplomatic relationship with Nigeria.

As the global head of the Anglican church, it has sat on its hands for decades as Islamic-extremism increasingly suffocates the nation’s secularism to the detriment of Christians. Over 200,000 Christians have died at the hands of Boko Haram, Fulani Herdsmen, ISWAP plus other Islamic terrorist groups since 2009.

Prominent cases include the livestreamed lynching and razing of Deborah in 2022 by pro-Jihad undergraduates, murder of street preacher Deaconess Eunice in 2016, the Owo church massacre in 2022 which saw the bloodied body of over 40 worshippers litter the pews and aisles, and the livestreamed terror attack on Christ Apostolic Church, Kwara state, last year among countless others.

Nigeria accounts for 80% of all kidnap and killing of priests, No country on earth sheds as much Christian blood, in recent times, as Nigeria.

But it is unlikely Britain’s condemnation, or lack of it, will make much difference. Under Starmer, Britain has become the Western Headquarters for Sharia law—-the same under which Deborah was murdered—and Britons passionate about their country who hold strong Christian faith, are labelled “far-right.”

Still, it would be one for the records to see where Britain stands on the issue of Christain genocide in Nigeria, and more importantly if it can take a cue from Nigeria in its fight against Islamic terrorism.