Raporo nshya yakozwe n’umuryango wo muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika witwa Equipping The Persecuted (ETP) ivuga ko Abakirisitu 4,216 bishwe muri Nigeria hagati ya tariki ya 1 Mutarama na 8 Nzeri 2026.
Iyi mibare isobanura impuzandengo y’Abakirisitu 16.8 bicwa buri munsi, cyangwa hafi Umukirisitu umwe buri minota 86.
Raporo yiswe “Crisis in the Middle Belt: Religious Persecution and Security Failure in Nigeria” ivuga ko igice kinini cy’ihohoterwa ryakorewe imiryango y’Abakirisitu batunzwe n’ubuhinzi mu gace ka Middle Belt gishobora kuba gifitanye isano n’idini, kandi ko hari imitwe yitwaje intwaro ishinjwa kugira uruhare muri ibyo bikorwa.
ETP ivuga ko imitwe yitwaje intwaro ifitanye isano n’Abafurani (Fulani-linked actors) ari yo yagaragajwe muri raporo nk’ifite uruhare mu rupfu rw’abantu benshi kurusha Boko Haram na ISWAP bihurijwe hamwe. Icyakora, raporo ishimangira ko ibyo bivuga imitwe yitwaje intwaro gusa, atari Abafurani bose nk’umuryango.
Raporo ivuga ko ihohoterwa ryo muri Middle Belt rirangwa no gutwika imidugudu n’amatorero, kwica no gushimuta abaturage ndetse no kwimura imiryango ku butaka yari isanzwe ituyemo.
ETP ivuga kandi ko abarenga miliyoni 5 b’Abakirisitu bamaze kwimurwa bitewe n’umutekano muke, mu gihe imiryango irenga 600 y’Abakirisitu ivugwa ko yasenyutse cyangwa abaturage bakayivamo.
Raporo ishimangira ko ikibazo kidakwiye kurebwa gusa nk’amakimbirane hagati y’abahinzi n’aborozi cyangwa amakimbirane ashingiye ku butaka, kuko hari ibimenyetso bivuga ko hari ibitero bigamije amadini n’imiryango runaka.
Nubwo bimeze bityo, ETP yemera ko amakimbirane ashingiye ku butaka, ubworozi, amoko n’imitungo na yo ari mu bitera umutekano muke muri Nigeria.
Raporo kandi ivuga ko imibare y’abishwe ishobora kuba iri munsi y’umubare nyakuri, kuko hari ibitero n’abantu bashimutwa bitajya bitangazwa cyangwa ngo bigere ku nzego zibishinzwe.
ETP yasabye Leta ya Nigeria n’abafatanyabikorwa mpuzamahanga kongera imbaraga mu kurinda abaturage, gukurikirana no guhana abakoze ibyaha, kurwanya imitwe yitwaje intwaro no gufasha abaturage bamaze kwimurwa gusubira mu byabo mu mutekano.
Uyu muryango kandi usaba ko ibikorwa byo kurwanya imitwe yitwaje intwaro bitagomba gufatwa nk’ibikorwa byo kurwanya Abafurani muri rusange, ahubwo bigakorwa byibanda ku mitwe n’abantu bagize uruhare mu bikorwa by’urugomo.
