“Stop the False Claims,” Fulani Group Tells Rev. Dachomo Over Death Threats 

“Stop the False Claims,” Fulani Group Tells Rev. Dachomo Over Death Threats.

JOS, NIGERIA – A Fulani organization in Plateau State has publicly addressed the growing alarm around claims that a local clergyman, Reverend Ezekiel Dachomo, is a target for assassination, firmly stating that no such plot exists.

The controversy began when the international hacktivist network, Anonymous, posted a warning on its Facebook page this past Friday. The group alleged that Islamic extremists and bandits had circulated photos of Rev. Dachomo and issued orders to kill him within a week, mistakenly believing he was behind a recent political intervention by U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Rev. Dachomo himself has been vocal on social media, stating in several posts and videos that he has been receiving direct death threats through phone calls and messages. He referenced the killing of Senator Gyang Dantong during a mass burial as a reason to take the threats seriously.

“They have been threatening me everywhere, even on social media,” Dachomo said in one post. “They even threatened to kill me during mass burials… Even the Nigerian Army issued a press release against me, accusing me of inciting people.”

However, in a statement released on Saturday, a group identifying itself as the ‘Plateau Fulani Like-Minds’ (PFL) pushed back strongly against these claims. The group’s Chairman, Usman Balarabe, said Rev. Dachomo is using the sensitive situation in Plateau State to create a false narrative and gain popularity.

Balarabe described the clergyman as the only Christian leader in the state who consistently blames the Fulani people for any attack, calling this pattern of accusation “hilarious” and damaging.

“We want to remind Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo that as far as the Fulani people in Plateau State are concerned, no one is planning to kill him,” Balarabe stated. “He is just trying to give a dog a bad name to hang it by making his gullible followers think Fulani people want to kill him.”

The Fulani group challenged the cleric to provide concrete evidence of the threats. They urged him to make the threatening messages public and reveal the names of those he claims are targeting him.

While expressing respect for Dachomo as a religious leader, Balarabe insisted that his repeated allegations were crossing a line and promoting ethnic division. He emphasized that the Fulani community is peaceful and that criminal elements exist within every ethnic group in the state, not just theirs.

“This ethnic generalization has got to stop,” Balarabe said. “We are no longer comfortable with the way the reverend keeps accusing the Fulani people.”

The group concluded by calling on the country’s security agencies to intervene and caution Rev. Dachomo against what they see as the public disparagement of their ethnic group.

“Stop the False Claims,” Fulani Group Tells Rev. Dachomo Over Death Threats.