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Alleged Christian Persecution: Buhari Govt Replies US Senators

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The Nigerian government on Monday has  condemned the call by five United States Republican Senators asking for the redesignation of Nigeria as a country of particular concern because of alleged persecution of Christians.

The Senators, who made the call in a letter to the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, also alleged a violation of freedom of Christians’ rights to practice their religion.

Responding to the allegation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in London, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said the call was based on a false premise and misunderstanding of what was going on in the country.

The minister is in London for engagements with international media as well as some relevant Non-governmental Organisations.

“You will recall that only a few months ago Nigeria was taken out of the list of countries of particular concern because it was proven that there is no iota of truth in the allegation that Christians or any religion was being persecuted or people were not allowed to practice the religion of their choice,

“We want to say once again that Nigeria does not have a policy that denies people the freedom to practice their religion.”

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We want to say once again that Nigeria does not have a policy that denies people the freedom to practice their religion

“The country also does not have a policy of violation freedom of religion and it is not true that Nigeria persecute anybody on account of his or her faith,” he said.

Mohammed noted that the Constitution of Nigeria guarantees the right of anybody to practice his or her own faith without molestation and the government has always safeguarded the constitutional provision jealously.

He said most commentators who were not well versed in the politics and happenings in Nigeria took criminalities and communal clashes as issues of religious persecution.

“Nobody in Nigeria is being persecuted But we have issues of criminality going on and the criminals really do not make a distinction of any religion.

“They kidnap for money, they hold people on ransome irrespective of their religion and there are some issues pf communal matters dating back to many years.

“If statistic is to be taken, I can say confidently that as many Muslims as Christians have been victims of these criminals,” he said.

He, however, said that the federal government had mounted a large-scale military operation to wipe out the criminals and it is yielding results.

“What ISWAP is doing is that because of their dwindling influence they are now attacking Churches and Christians in order to create crisis between various religious group.

“But as a government, we are after them,” he said.

The minister said some NGOs were also feeding the international community with wrong information to get funds from donors.

The minister reiterated that the two major religions in Nigeria, Islam and Christianity are also collaborating to find the solution to the crisis and bring peace.

 

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