US EditionResponding to Trump, Nigeria Says No Tolerance for Religious Persecution
Nigeria rejects claims of Christian-targeted violence amid threats of US military action; officials cite constitutional religious freedom and warn against risks of national division.
- On Oct 4, the Nigerian government said it does not tolerate religious persecution, responding to US President Donald Trump's threats after he asked the Pentagon to plan an attack.
- In recent months, claims of Christian "persecution" have gained traction online among the US and European right, while separatist groups in the southeast have pushed a "Christian genocide" narrative in recent years.
- Militant attacks across Nigeria show northeast insurgency and northwest bandit gangs stage kidnappings and killings, while ECOWAS in Abuja said violence targets civilians of all faiths.
- Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, chief of defence staff, told reporters on Monday there are no Christians being persecuted, while President Bola Tinubu stressed religious tolerance as a core tenet.
- Analysts such as Ikemesit Effiong suggest US rhetoric relates to Abuja rejecting deportees, while ECOWAS warned targeting groups 'seek to deepen insecurity', with Nigerian officials rejecting Sudan-like partition.
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US President Donald Trump threatens with military intervention Nigeria, which he accuses of letting jihadists "persecute Christians." A statement that revives diplomatic and religious tensions around a country where the dividing line between a "North Muslim" and a "South Christian" actually masks much older struggles for land and resource control.
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