Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 53985

Nigeria: Christianity

Tabled: 21 May 2025
Answered: 5 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Ruth Jones

LabourNewport 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 Falconer
The 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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