Rev. Dachomo again expresses distress over new death threats

The Regional Chairman of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) for Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo, has once again voiced his distress over a new death threat and bounty placed on his life by individuals and groups he identifies as Islamist extremists and terrorists.

The outspoken pastor, who has been vocal about alleged Christian genocide in Plateau State and the wider Middle Belt, used his X handle on Monday to disclose that he and three other clergy members have been marked for death for speaking truth to the government.

After returning to Nigeria from a health‑related stay in India, Dachomo said he was shocked to see the threats intensified, with extremists raising the earlier bounty and urging Muslims to hunt him down and kill him.

“They have marked me for death for speaking the truth,” Rev. Dachomo wrote, adding that he is not afraid of death, although he acknowledges that fear is a natural human response.

“I am among the three people they have marked for death in this country; they have publicly declared that anyone who kills any one of us will be rewarded,” he added.

He noted that his only crime is speaking the truth, which has made him a target for the terrorists. Yet, he says, he cannot abandon his people and must continue to speak for them.

“My name has become a target, my life has been priced by men who hate the truth, yet even with the threats, the fear, and the danger that follows me every day, I cannot abandon my people,” he wrote.

“Every morning, I wake up knowing that there are those who wish I would not see another sunrise; every night, I sleep not knowing what tomorrow may bring, but how can I remain silent when innocent people are crying? How can I turn my back when widows are mourning, children are becoming orphans, and families are being buried in sorrow?”

“I have seen mothers weep over the lifeless bodies of their children; I have listened to little boys and girls ask questions that no child should ever have to ask: Where is my father, why did they kill my mother, when is she coming back home? Their tears have become my tears, their pain has become my burden.”

“Many times people ask me if I am afraid, the truth is that I am human, I know what fear feels like, I know what it means to look over your shoulder, I know what it means to receive threats and know that people are waiting for an opportunity to silence you, but I also know that God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind as written in 2 Timothy 1:7.”

“When I remember the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, I find strength: ‘Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven,’ Matthew 5:10.”

“The path of truth has never been easy. The prophets suffered, the apostles suffered, even our Savior suffered, yet they stood firm because they knew that darkness can never overcome the light.”

“There are days when the burden feels heavy, there are nights when the cries of suffering families echo in my heart, but then I remember Isaiah 41:10, ‘Fear thou not, for I am with thee, be not dismayed, for I am thy God, I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee’; those words remind me that I do not walk this road alone.”

“If speaking for the voiceless makes me a target, then I will continue to speak; if standing with the oppressed puts my life at risk, then I will continue to stand; if defending my people means carrying a cross of persecution, then by God’s grace I will carry it.”

“For every child who has lost a parent, for every mother who sleeps with tears on her pillow, for every father who has been taken from his family, and for every believer suffering because of their faith, I will not stop standing with them, my life is in God’s hands.”

“They may threaten us, they may try to silence us, they may put a reward on our heads, but our hope is not in man, it is in God, and as long as He gives us breath, we will continue to stand with our people, speak the truth, comfort the brokenhearted, and shine His light in the midst of darkness,” he said.