Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, yesterday urged Nigerians to unite and close ranks in the face of worsening insecurity in the country.
He stressed that only a united front could defeat the forces threatening the nation’s peace and stability. He also clarified that at no point had the federal government denied the killing of Christians by bandits and terrorists in some parts of the country.
Idris, said this during an interview on a national television where he shared insights on the designation of Nigeria as a ‘Country of Particular Concern’ by the President of the United States, Donald Trump.
“We need to come together as a people. This is not the time to divide ourselves; this is the time for unity and for us to come together, so that we can fight this once and for all,” he said.
The minister added: “The government has never denied that people have not been targeted or people have not been killed. You recall that the president was in Yelwata when the issue of the devastating killings happened.
“The point we are making is that we have never said people are not being killed or that Christians are not being killed. The government would never say that. “But the point that is being made is that characterising this as an attempt to exterminate one particular religion is not true.