If government is failing to protect you, defend yourself – Alex Barbir insists

A US-based humanitarian worker, Alex Barbir, has denied allegations that his activities and nationalist statements person fueled unit successful Nigeria, insisting that his advocacy is focused connected protecting susceptible communities and supporting reconstruction efforts successful conflict-affected areas.

Barbir made the remarks during an interrogation connected TVC News, wherever helium addressed concerns astir his power successful Plateau and Benue states, arsenic good arsenic broader accusations surrounding his beingness successful the country.

Born connected August 17, 1997, successful Lawrenceville, Georgia, Barbir grew up successful Cumming alongside his brother, Josh, a doc and US Army Reserve officer. His upbringing, helium noted, was shaped by subject and sports, a inheritance helium says informs his humanitarian approach.

His enactment successful Nigeria is intimately linked to 2 organisations, his initiative, Building Zion, and Equipping the Persecuted (ETP), a US-based NGO led by filmmaker Judd Saul. Through these platforms, Barbir has participated successful rebuilding communities affected by violence, peculiarly successful Benue State, including the operation of homes...