made the call in a letter to the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, <\/a>also alleged a violation of freedom of Christians\u2019 rights to practice their religion.<\/p>\nResponding to the allegation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in London, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed decried the call. <\/p>\n
He noted that the call was based on a false premise and misunderstanding of what was going on in the country.<\/p>\n
NAN reports the minister is in London for engagements with international media as well as some relevant Non-Governmental-Organisations.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou 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,<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to say once again that Nigeria does not have a policy that denies people the freedom to practice their religion<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 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,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
\u201cNobody 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf statistic is to be taken, I can say confidently that as many Muslims as Christians have been victims of these criminals,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
According to the minister, the only known group that target Christians was the Islamic State\u2019s West Africa Province (SWAP)<\/p>\n
He, however, said that the federal government had mounted a large-scale military operation to wipe out the criminals and it is yielding results.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat ISWAP is doing is that because of their dwindling influence they are now attacking Churches and Christians n order to create crisis between various religious group.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut as a government, we are after them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The minister said some NGOs were also feeding the international community with wrong information to get funds from donors.<\/p>\n
Mohammed reiterated that the two major religions in Nigeria, Islam and Christianity are also collaborating to find the solution to the crisis ad bring peace and harm.<\/p>\n
He gave the example of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) which is working to foster unity and better understanding between the Christian and Islamic faiths.<\/p>\n
The minister solicited support from multilateral organisations and foreign countries in tackling the challenges of insecurity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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