Nigeria, Nov. 1 -- The report, first published by a website named Ibom Focus and shared widely on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday, alleged that Pastor Kumuyi said the United States was trying to seize Nigeria's natural resources and that there was no Christian genocide in the country. It also stated that he made the remarks during a press briefing in Lagos.

On Monday, the church released a statement on Pastor Kumuyi's official X account describing the publication as false.

"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," the statement said.

The church clarified that Pa...