Lagos, Nigeria – For the past few weeks, Nigerian airwaves have been fixated on United States President Donald Trump’s threat to invade the country “guns-a-blazing” over allegations of a “Christian genocide”.

Nigerian Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Idris Malagi has refuted Trump, telling Al Jazeera that while the country is indeed facing security challenges, most of the attacks are not driven by religious motives.

“Nigeria has a history of violent extremism that has created tension for us in the country, but I also want to point out that mostly they don’t discriminate between who is a Muslim or who is a Christian,” Malagi said.

“Christian communities and Muslim communities have been attacked by these extremists.”

Malagi explained that claims Christians are

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