A Nigerian pastor has urged Christians to have more than two children, warning that Muslims are increasing their population through childbirth.
The cleric described children as “weapons” and claimed that Muslims are outnumbering Christians through their birth rates.
His remarks, including a claim about Mohammed being the most popular name for newborn boys in the UK, have triggered mixed reactions among Nigerians on social media.
A pastor has stirred controversy on social media after urging Christians to have more than two children, claiming that Muslims are using childbirth to increase their population and outnumber Christians.
The cleric’s remarks have attracted different reactions from Nigerians, with some questioning his position while others argued that Christians should not limit the number of children they have.
Pastor raises concerns over Muslim population growth
In a statement that has generated conversations online, the pastor warned Christians against restricting themselves to having just two children.
He argued that having more children could help Christians maintain their population, while expressing concern about what he described as a growing Muslim population.
The pastor also suggested that childbirth was part of a wider agenda to increase the number of Muslims across the world.
He said:
“Christians should stop giving birth to two children. Children are weapons and there’s an agenda to outnumber Christians just by childbirth. The Muslims are populating the world.”
The cleric further claimed that the name Mohammed had recorded the highest number of registrations for newborn children in the United Kingdom for three consecutive years.
He cited this as another indication of the growing Muslim population, although he did not provide supporting figures for the claim in the statement.
Nigerians question pastor’s advice
The pastor’s comments have divided social media users, with some agreeing that Christians should not deliberately limit their family sizes, while others questioned the financial responsibilities that come with raising children.
A social media user, Rare, argued that Christians who could afford to raise large families were free to do so but warned against following the pastor’s advice without thinking carefully.
JERSEY & BOOT plug, however, questioned whether the pastor would help parents provide basic needs for the children they encouraged them to have.
Others suggested that raising children properly should matter more than having a large family.
What Nigerians are saying about the pastor’s comment
Some reactions to the cleric’s remarks gathered by Newsflashngr include:
@T_e_miii wrote:
“If as a Christian you can give birth to Plenty do so and if you can’t don’t do it . There’s nothing bad in what he is preaching the only problem is if you follow it blindly.”
@mr_… wrote:
“What a f00l …will you help them in training the children??
School.. feeding and shelter??”
@HeadiTheDon wrote:
“If u like go dey listen to this mad man, go born 12, he’s only securing his job to exploit more gullible Christians to come 😂 😂 ..419 pastors”
@Alhaji_Dowat wrote:
“Guyy 😭😭 what’s the obsession with Muslims self.”
@ifeday_o wrote:
“all those kids wey muslim dey born are still coming back to be xtian”
@Gabmetax wrote:
“No be to born many na to train them well.”
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“Christians should stop giving birth to two children. Children are weapons and there’s an agenda to outnumber Christians just by childbirth. The Muslims are populating the world. This year makes it the third year back to back that the highest number of children named in the UK is Mohammed.”
— Pastor says.
— 𝐀𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐲𝐆𝐑𝐍 (@AsakyGRN) November 6, 2026
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