The Deeper Christian Life Ministry has denied a viral online report claiming that its General Overseer, Pastor William Kumuyi, accused the Donald Trump-led government of planning to raid Nigeria’s natural resources.

In a statement shared on Pastor Kumuyi’s verified X account on Monday, the church also dismissed claims of Christian genocide in the country, describing the report as malicious and entirely false news. The reports rapidly gained massive traction on X, sparking widespread outrage and debate.

The ministry maintained in strong terms that the church remains strictly apolitical, with its attention geared toward preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. The church also cautioned those attempting to spread false information or politicise the cleric’s name.
The statement reads: “The Deeper Christian Life Ministry @dclmhq condemns in the strongest terms the malicious and entirely false news report circulated by a faceless platform which goes by the name of ‘Ibomfocus”

“The story with the headline: ‘America is Trying to Steal our Natural Resources; There is No Christian Genocide in Nigeria, says Pastor Kumuyi” is a total fabrication and the figment of the imagination of its authors.

“Pastor Kumuyi did not at any time address a press conference or make the aforementioned statement in Lagos. He has been away from Nigeria for a considerable length of time, holding programmes in the Oceania region and the Far East.
“Besides, Pastor Kumuyi is well known for focusing entirely on preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. He does not dabble in politics, as the false story mentioned above seemed to suggest.

“The Ministry warns all those bent on mischief by seeking to drag our General Superintendent into politics, or fabricating stories in his name, to desist from such ventures. In the future, any such activity may attract action”.

The clarification is coming amidst the recent warning by US President Donald Trump of military intervention in Nigeria after he accused the Nigerian government of turning a blind eye to what he described as genocide of Christians in the country.

Recall President Donald Trump has sent a strong warning to radical Islamists behind the alleged killings that his country will not standby while such atrocities continue. In an X post on Friday, Trump declared that “we stand ready, willing and able to save our Great Christian population around the world!” Trump stated that “Christianity is facing existential threat in Nigeria,” and pronounced Nigeria as a “COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN.”

His post read: “Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter. I am hereby making Nigeria a “COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN” –But that is the list of it. When Christians or any such group is slaughtered as is happening in Nigeria (3,100 versus 4,476 Worldwide), something must be done! I am asking Congressman Riley Moore, together with Chairman Tom Cole and the House Appropriations Committee, to immediately look into this matter and report back to me. The United States cannot standby while such atrocities are happening in Nigeria, and numerous other Countries.

We stand ready, willing and able to save our Great Christian population around the world!” In an X post, Cruz had alleged that 50,000 Christians have been killed since 2009, with 2,000 schools and 18,000 churches destroyed by what he called “Islamist” armed groups, but he did not cite sources of the information.

The warning came weeks after United States Senator Ted Cruz, accused the Nigerian Government of enabling a “massacre” against Christians