The Chairman Of The Christian Association Of Nigeria In Adamawa State Has Been Beheaded

On November 8, 2025, an X user claimed that Fulani jihadists had beheaded the chairman of Adamawa state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN. The post is captioned, “Breaking! Adamawa CAN chairman has been beheaded by Fulani Terrorist in Adamawa state Nigeria.”

When this report was published, the post had about 437,000 views and over 12,000 replies, reposts, quotes, likes and bookmarks. In the comment section, @IzikTim said “Been seeing this video fly all day today… Unfortunately, this is a very old video. While we are trying to let the world know the truth about the killing of Christians in Nigerian, misleading informations like this shouldn't be brought up please, it can ruin the actual fight.” Also, @RLfezue wrote in the comments, “And this to tell and dare America that they can’t do anything in the face of terrorism? They should strike without warnings again. Why all these incessant killing of Christian’s in the face of nothing !”

VERIFICATION

NV-A did text verification and found out that multiple social media handles posted similar claims. 

The Adamawa State chapter of the CAN dismissed the circulating reports that its Chairman, Reverend Joel Danjuma, was killed and beheaded, describing the claims as false, baseless, and unfounded. In a statement issued in Yola on Saturday, November 8, CAN emphasised that the rumours were deliberately spread by “agents of mischief” to tarnish the image of government and security agencies and to create confusion amid the already sensitive religious climate in the country.

According to a Daily Post report, the Adamawa State Police Command has denied social media claims that the Chairman of CAN in the state was beheaded by terrorists. In a statement issued on Saturday, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, described the viral post as false, malicious, and aimed at causing panic and religious tension among residents.

However, there is an earlier documented incident from January 2020, in which Reverend Lawan Andimi, the Adamawa state chairman of CAN was executed by Boko Haram after he was kidnapped on January 3, 2020. The act was widely condemned by the ex-president of CAN, Reverend Samson Ayokunle, and the then Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari.

CONCLUSION

The claim that Fulani jihadist have beheaded the CAN chairman of Adamawa state is MISLEADING. There has been no report of such from the mainstream media and this has been debunked by the Christian body, CAN, as well as the Nigerian police. However, there was an early incident that happened in January 2020 where Reverend Lawan Andimi was executed by Boko Haram.