Again, Govt Denounces Claims Of Genocide Against Christians

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has again denounced the caller comments by United States Senator Ted Cruz alleging genocide and targeted killings of Christians successful Nigeria.

He described the claims “as false, misleading, and not reflective of the world connected the ground.”
In a connection issued to journalists yesterday successful Abuja by his media aide, Rabiu Ibrahim, the curate responded to Cruz’s remarks made during an exclusive interrogation with US-based Fox News.

Responding specifically to the figures cited by Senator Cruz, Idris said: “This is not true. This is not the reflection of what is connected the ground. I mean, it’s mendacious wherever you accidental implicit 20,000 churches person been burned. It’s besides mendacious if you accidental 52,000 (Christians killed). Where did helium get those numbers from? I deliberation this is perfectly absurd. It’s not supported by immoderate facts whatsoever. The Nigerian authorities rejects that.”

The Minister stressed that nary Nigerian authoritative oregon instauration supports oregon colludes with convulsive extremists successful immoderate form.

“No Nigerian officials volition willingly, deliberately indulge successful the enactment of siding with convulsive extremists to people immoderate peculiar religion successful this country. This is perfectly false,” helium said.

He reaffirmed Nigeria’s committedness to spiritual state and coexistence, saying, “Nigeria is simply a multi-faith country, meaning that it’s a state that has aggregate religions. We person Christians, we person Muslims, and we adjacent person those who don’t judge successful immoderate of these 2 religions. Nigeria is simply a precise tolerant country. The authorities of Nigeria is committed to ensuring that determination is spiritual state successful this country.”

He, however, acknowledged the challenges of convulsive extremism that impact each Nigerians careless of faith.

“It’s unfortunate, sadly, that immoderate of these extremists person killed a fig of Christians and respective Muslims astir everyplace wherever this convulsive extremism has support. So, it’s not true. We find that to beryllium precise unfortunate. It’s despicable, it’s not right. This is perfectly mendacious to accidental that determination is simply a calculated oregon a deliberate effort to termination a peculiar spiritual group; it’s not correct, and we find that truly very, precise unfortunate.”

The curate reiterated that the Federal Government of Nigeria is reassuring its citizens and the planetary assemblage that the information forces stay committed to combating coercion and banditry successful each forms, and volition proceed to support each Nigerian without discrimination.