Abuja, 05 November, 2025 / 12:25 pm (ACI Africa).
Nearly three years have gone by since Paul Adamu was released by Boko Haram militants who kidnapped him and kept him in captivity for 12 days, but the Nigerian Christian is still too traumatized to talk about his experience with his kidnappers.
In an interview with EWTN News Nightly on Monday, November 3, Adamu admitted that his experience in 2023 with Boko Haram militants is one that he does not always feel comfortable talking about it, but added that he was grateful that US President Donald Trump had finally acted upon the ongoing persecution of Christians in Nigeria.
The US on Monday officially updated its designation for Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), for its alleged severe violations of religious freedom and persecution of Christians.
On November 1, President Trump had threatened military action against Nigeria if it fails to end Christian persecution, saying, “If the Nigerian government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria and may very well go into that now-disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing,’ to completely wipe out the Islamic terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities.”
Asked to weigh in on President Trump’s move, Adamu who serves as the West Africa Director for iReach Global, a non-profit organization that supports and advocates for persecuted Christians in Africa, said, “I was excited because at the beginning, it seemed like the outside world was not aware of what was happening in Nigeria. It seemed like we were all by ourselves.”
