• The Federal Government firmly denies claims of religious genocide in Nigeria, stating that terrorism affects all communities regardless of faith and that portraying it as a Christian-targeted campaign is misleading and divisive.
• Security forces have made significant progress, including neutralizing over 13,500 terrorists, rescuing nearly 10,000 hostages, and capturing top leaders of ANSARU, Nigeria’s Al-Qaeda affiliate.
• Nigeria continues to demonstrate religious inclusivity and commitment to peace, with Christian leaders heading key security institutions and interfaith efforts like the Commonwealth Peace Prize-winning mediation centre promoting harmony.

The Federal Government strongly condemns and categorically refutes recent allegations by certain international platforms and online influencers suggesting that terrorists operating in Nigeria are engaged in a systematic genocide against Christians.

Such claims are false, baseless, despicable, and divisive.

Portraying Nigeria’s security challenges as a targeted campaign against a single religious group is a gross misrepresentation of reality.

While Nigeria, like many countries, has faced security challenges, including acts of terrorism perpetrated by criminals, couching the situation as a deliberate, systematic attack on Christians is inaccurate and harmful.

It oversimplifies a complex, multifaceted security environment and plays into the hands of terrorists and criminals who seek to divide Nigerians along religious or...

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