Reno Omokri Is Nigeria’s Joseph Goebbels, Lying to Cover Up Christian Killings — U.S. Investigator

American fact-finder and former mayor of Blanco, Texas, Mike Arnold, has accused former presidential aide Reno Omokri of spreading falsehoods and attempting to whitewash what he described as a “calculated genocide” against Christians in Nigeria. Arnold, who recently led a U.S. fact-finding mission to the country, said Omokri was deliberately distorting facts to downplay the scale of the atrocities.

“Sleazy Omokri, a pathological liar, will go down in history as the Joseph Goebbels of the Nigerian Christian Genocide,” Arnold wrote on X. “His paid reporters are saying that I debunked claims of genocide. That is a complete fabrication.”

The comments followed a press conference in Abuja, where Omokri argued that the violence across Nigeria did not amount to genocide. The former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan said that the killings were comparable to crime rates in the United States and that there was no credible evidence of a systematic campaign against Christians.

“Saying there’s a genocide in Nigeria is like saying that in the United States, because 30,000 people, mostly black, are murdered every year, there’s a genocide against black Americans,” Omokri said. He also cited the Global Terrorism Index and Open Doors International to argue that Nigeria’s security situation was improving and had never been classified as genocide.

Arnold, however, dismissed Omokri’s statements as “propaganda and moral deceit,” insisting that the facts on the ground tell a very different story. Speaking to journalists, he said his delegation—which included religious leaders, diplomats, and human rights investigators—had spent weeks documenting evidence of targeted attacks on Christian communities and other minorities across northern and central Nigeria.

“The term ‘farmer-herder clashes’ is cynical doublespeak,” Arnold said. “Villages are being systematically razed, churches leveled, and tens of thousands of people are dead. This is not about grazing conflicts. It’s organized terror and ethnic cleansing masquerading as communal violence.”

Arnold explained that his team’s findings, based on interviews with survivors and local leaders, show clear signs of a coordinated campaign consistent with the international legal definition of genocide under Article II of the 1948 United Nations Convention. He said the violence is driven by radical Islamist expansion, illegal mineral mining, and politically motivated demographic manipulation.

According to him, Nigeria’s displacement crisis—rising from almost zero in 2011 to over four million people today—reflects the scale and duration of the atrocities. “The pattern is consistent and unmistakable,” he said. “After five years of research, I can say without any reasonable doubt that what is happening in Nigeria is a calculated, long-running genocide against Christians and other religious minorities.”

Arnold also clarified that, although Omokri had invited him to Nigeria, he had no political or financial ties to Omokri or the government. “Reno Omokri called me while on a call with Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, but I am not his agent. I have not received, requested, or been offered a single kobo. My only allegiance is to the truth.”

He added that denying the atrocities only emboldens the perpetrators. “To continue to deny this is to be complicit with these crimes,” Arnold warned. “I believe Nigeria has a bright future, but truth must come before reconciliation. Good people of all faiths and tribes must stand against this evil.”

The American investigator said his delegation, which included Professor Khalid Abubakar, Secretary-General of Jamaat al-Nasir al-Islam, and U.S. filmmaker Jeff Gibbs, would present its report to U.S. policymakers, including Senator Ted Cruz and Congressman Chip Roy, as well as international human rights organizations.

Reading from his prepared statement titled “Statement on Widespread Violence and Displacement in Nigeria,” Arnold reaffirmed his stance: “Here I stand. I can do no other. So help me God.”