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Mohammed noted that the Constitution of Nigeria guarantees the right of anybody, including Christians, to practice his or her own faith without molestation
- According to the minister, the only known group that target Christians was the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP)
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government on Monday faulted a call by five US 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 violation of freedom of Christians’ rights to practice their religion.
While responding to the allegation in London, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quoted the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed as saying that the the call was based on false premise and misunderstanding of what was going on in the country.
According to NAN, Mohammed is in London for engagements with international media as well as some relevant Non-Governmental-Organisations.
“You will recall that only few months ago Nigeria was taken out of the list of countries of particular concern because it was proven that here is no iota of true in the allegation that Christians or any religion was being persecuted or people were not allowed to practice 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
“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 safeguard 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.
According to the minister, the only known group that target Christians was the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP).
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He, however said that the federal government had mounted a large scale military operations to wipe out the criminals and it is yielding results.
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