The General Overseer of Dunamis International Christian Centre, Pastor Paul Enenche, has launched a blistering attack on Islamic cleric Sheikh Yahaya Jingir over his recent description of Christians as “infidels,” accusing him of making reckless remarks capable of inflaming religious tensions in Nigeria.
Jingir had, during a mass wedding organised by the Kano State Government, urged Muslims to “prepare your votes” and “show the world that the infidels are lying that they outnumber us.”
Reacting to the remarks, Enenche, who said he had been away for a crusade, described the cleric’s position as unacceptable and challenged anyone attempting to portray Christianity as subordinate to another religion in Nigeria.
“I heard that a friend was going on where I think an insane man came up to say that Christianity is subordinate to any other religion in this country. It takes insanity, it takes insanity, mental dementia, senile dementia, either insanity or criminality or both,” Enenche said.
“Either in the prison or in the asylum. That is where such people belong. Either in the prison or in a mental home.”
The cleric’s remarks also prompted Enenche to strongly reject any suggestion that Christians were inferior or secondary to Muslims in Nigeria.
“To say that Christians are secondary to any other religion. The Lord rebuke you and your devils. Christianity is not secondary and no group of religious fanatics will ever make it secondary,” he said.
“Not you, not any political group of people will ever make Christianity secondary to any. If you have sense, take a look around. There is no part of Nigeria where Christians don’t exist en masse.”
Enenche argued that Christians are present in large numbers across the country, including predominantly Muslim parts of northern Nigeria.
“Every part of Nigeria, whether it’s Sokoto or Medjugorje or Yobi, en masse,” he said, apparently referring to Maiduguri and Yobe.
He further accused those behind inflammatory religious rhetoric of contributing to division and bloodshed in the country.
“For a demon-possessed agent of darkness. God rebuke you, rebuke every devil that spoke through you and rebuke everything you represent,” Enenche said.
The Dunamis pastor warned that the Christian community should not be taken for granted, stressing that the church would no longer remain silent in the face of what he described as provocative statements.
“Nobody should take the church in this nation for granted. Don’t take the church for granted. Don’t take the church for granted,” he said.
“It’s a warning to every one of you who think that the church can be taken for granted.”
Enenche also challenged those making claims about the numerical strength of religious groups to support their assertions with credible census data.
“If you think you are superior, why didn’t you people allow censors all this while? Credible censors,” he said.
“And if you want to say to the school, okay, do it with censors. Let everybody tell what they believe in. Then you will be shocked that where you think you come from, there are Christians that are almost dominated in that place.”
The pastor accused the speaker and others he associated with such rhetoric of contributing little to national development while allegedly promoting division and violence.
“They are not tired of bloodshed. They are not tired of destroying the nation,” he said.
“Ask yourself, the speaker, what have you contributed in the development of a nation like this? What positive thing have you made in this nation other than talking garbage and bloodshed and inciting violence?”
He added: “Shame on you and everything you represent. Nobody should take the body of Christ for granted.”
Enenche further called on security agencies to act against statements he believes could trigger violence, accusing authorities of allowing individuals to make reckless comments without consequences.
“I blame security forces for allowing people to make reckless and useless statements,” he said.
“You allow them still moving on the road. Allow them still moving. Not knowing that such a statement can incite instant violence.”
He went on to call for psychiatric evaluation of those making what he described as dangerous statements.
“That’s a man to be quarantined so his mentality can be corrected. Himself and his type. People are messing up and destroying the nation,” Enenche said.
The pastor also questioned the contribution of individuals who make inflammatory religious statements to Nigeria’s development.
“Who is he? Who is he? And who are his type? All you need to know is find out what contribution such devil agents have made to the country,” he said.
“What contribution? Zero. Liabilities, generational burdens, blood-sucking challenges.”
Enenche’s reaction comes amid renewed concerns over religious rhetoric and its potential impact on Nigeria’s already fragile security environment, particularly as political activities intensify ahead of the 2027 general elections.
