"Responding to a reporter's question at a news conference in Berlin on Tuesday, Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar held up a document whose cover read Nigeria's Constitutional Commitment to Religious Freedom and Rule of Law. All the answers are in there. This is what guides us, Tuggar said, speaking alongside Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul. It's impossible for there to be religious persecution that can be supported in any way, shape or form by the government of Nigeria at any level."
"Tuggar's comments come after Trump wrote on social media on Saturday that if the Nigerian government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the US would stop all aid to the country. Trump added that he had instructed the so-called Department of War to prepare for possible action. And on Sunday, Trump doubled down, saying Washington could deploy troops or conduct air strikes. They are killing a record number of Christians in Nigeria, he said. We are not gonna allow that to happen."
Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar presented a document titled Nigeria's Constitutional Commitment to Religious Freedom and Rule of Law and declared that the government cannot support religious persecution at any level. He made the statement alongside Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul in Berlin. The remarks followed U.S. President Donald Trump's social media posts threatening to stop all aid, claiming large-scale killings of Christians, and saying he had instructed a so-called Department of War to prepare for possible action, including troop deployments or air strikes. The U.S. redesignated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern, and U.S. lawmakers pursued legislation targeting officials linked to Islamist violence.
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