Nigerian influencer Reno Omokri
An American missionary, retired Mayor Mike Arnold, has lambasted Nigerian influencer Reno Omokri for false reports claiming that he debunked Christian genocide in Nigeria when his report rather confirmed it. Arnold in a series of tweets from his X handle @MikeArnoldTruth, disgraced Omokri, describing him as an unreliable man and a liar who can switch camps and twist the truth for the sake of personal gain.
The livid missionary tweeted on Tuesday, October 14, 2025:
“Under Buharu Reno Omokri called it Christian genocide. Now he calls it a hoax.
“From prophet to genocide propagandist—he’s flipped on the martyrs he once mourned.
“In 2017, Reno spoke like a man of conscience. He exposed Fulani extremists. He warned of the bloodshed. He called it what it was: genocide. And he begged the world to act.
“Now, in 2025, he denies the very truth he once shouted.
“And today—while I was flying home from a press conference to stand with the persecuted—Reno twisted my presence into a headline that says I helped him “debunk” the genocide.
“Let me be clear: he lied. Again. Publicly. Boldly. Blasphemously.
“I did not come to support Reno.
“I did not stand beside him.
“I stood beside the slain.
“And I will not let their blood be erased by a man chasing political favor.
“Reno blames Peter Obi for international outcry, as if one man’s layover in D.C. hypnotized Republicans, Democrats, NGOs, and global Christian watchdogs to all cry “genocide” in unison.
“It’s nonsense. And worse—it’s evil.
“What would Leah Sharibu say?
“This is not evolution. This is betrayal.
“This is not “strategy.” This is selling your soul for influence.
“And for what? Another chance to sit close to the throne and whisper lies?
“Let the record be clear:
“Reno Omokri has become Nigeria’s Joseph Goebbels—weaponizing language to sanitize slaughter. Not just tolerating evil—but dressing it in church clothes.
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil…” (Isaiah 5:20)
“Reno, there is still time to repent.
“But the hour is late. And the stain is deep.
“If you continue lying in the face of martyrdom, the world may forget.
“But heaven won’t.
“And neither will those who buried their pastors, their children, their congregations—while you smiled for cameras.
“I came to Nigeria to speak the truth. You tried to hijack it. Now I’m here to expose the lie.”
News Express reports that trouble started after Ex-Mayor Arnold and other US Christian missionaries visited Nigerian – reportedly on the invitation and sponsorship of Omokri and the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA). However, rather than release a report debunking genocide against Christians in Nigeria, their report and press conference on Monday unequivocally confirmed it.
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