Federal Government Rejects US Report Listing Nigeria as a Country with Religious Violence

The Federal Government has rejected the US report that lists Nigeria as a country that violates religious freedom saying the report is based on the antics of failed and unpatriotic politicians. Minister for Information, Lai Mohammed, made this known in a statement released on Sunday.

Meanwhile the umbrella bodies of Christians and Muslims, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Jama'atu Nasril Islam (JNI), are disagreeing over the US report. CAN thinks the report has confirmed its suspicions that Christians are now endangered in Nigeria, JNI is of the opinion that the US did not respect Nigeria's sovereignty by the report.

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