Forget Iran and US-Israel War, Nigeria Is at War – Alex Barbir Speaks on Plateau Terrorist Attack

American missionary Alex Barbir has warned that recent attacks in Nigeria could push the country toward a wider conflict.

Speaking during an interview with TVC News, he reacted to the killings in Plateau State, noting that more than 26 people were reportedly killed in the attack.

Barbir expressed concern over the level of violence, stating that since arriving in Nigeria, he has consistently witnessed reports of killings.

He said: “When I first arrived in Nigeria, I arrived through ambushes in Miango, people being killed right by military barracks and checkpoints. Ziki was burned and 50 people killed. Since my time in Nigeria, I cannot come here and not experience killing.

“People ask, how was I so quick to go to the scene there in Jos? When people are massacred 10 minutes from the hotel, it doesn’t take long to go. I could walk to the scene. And so we see killing, killing, killing, killing.

“I drove. But I had no fear because I knew that at that point, Christians were there. The Muslims that came in, they had killed those people there innocently.

“And I knew that the scene was still tense. But it was calm because I knew that if something were to happen, you have 500 Christians sitting there together. We’ll be unified.”

“These attacks are clearly planned. It’s not just simply ambushing and killing one people or two people. But when you look at Barkin Ladi, you look at Bokkos, in the villages when they attacked on Christmas Eve, you have thousands of fighters that attack in unison, countless villages all at the same time.

“This is not just some random criminality. If someone decides to take their gun that they have with a shotgun, whatever it is, and go to a village and just kill somebody. This is war being waged on people.

“And I know frank talk about war. If there’s no war in Nigeria, what is happening? In every state, you have security forces deployed everywhere. In every state, you have people that are being killed, both Christian and Muslim.

“And if that’s not war, what is war? War is at home right now in Nigeria. Forget talking about anywhere else in the world or Iran or the Middle East. Right now, people are being massacred across Nigeria.”

“Even in Kwara, I was in Kwara to go rebuild Woro village three weeks ago. That’s why I came to Nigeria, to rebuild for primarily Muslims. The chairman, the governor and security forces, they said no.

“They said it’s a little bit too risky for you right now to build. I haven’t heard from them. But we went there.”

See video below………

"War is at home right now in Nigeria."@Alex_Barbir says that the scale and coordination of the attacks in Nigeria make it clear that the nation is facing a domestic war. pic.twitter.com/15KPgsv7YM

— News Central TV (@NewsCentralTV) April 2, 2026

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