state governments. It stated that the Nigerian Government has found it difficult to verify the perpetrators of the violent attack and the motivation behind the
A newly released 2024 annual report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has detailed how hundreds of citizens were killed by religious extremists in Nigeria. The report documents developments during 2023 and provides recommendations to enhance the U.S. government’s promotion of freedom of religion or belief abroad. According to the report, most incidents that led to the deaths were tolerated as a result of the negligence from the government, both federal and state.
Victims of mob actions by religious fanatics die in vain in Nigeria as security and the government hardly bring perpetuators of jungle justice to book, DEJI LAMBO writes