Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 53985
Nigeria: Christianity
Tabled: 21 May 2025
Answered: 5 June 2025
Named DayQuestion
Ruth Jones
Labour — Newport West and Islwyn
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to (a) monitor violence against Christian communities in northern Nigeria and (b) support efforts to hold perpetrators to account.
Answer
Mr Hamish FalconerThe UK Government continues to monitor events in northern Nigeria closely. Terrorist groups, including Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa, target all those who do not subscribe to their extremist views, including both Christians and Muslims. These i...
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