In Nigeria, the government rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's accusations of alleged religious persecution, describing them as inaccurate and politicized. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly rejected Trump's accusations, while accusing the U.S. of attempting to interfere in the country's internal affairs. Abuja's firm response comes after war threats from the White House, as well as Trump's public call for U.S. lawmakers to investigate what he called "mass murders of Christians in Nigeria by radical Islamists." The measure announced by the U.S. President reflects his intention to reinstate Nigeria on a U.S. list of Countries of Particular Concern (CPC), a designation that has historically been used as a pretext to justify unilateral sanctions against sovereign nations.

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