Overview
- In new posts, the president threatened to halt all U.S. assistance to Nigeria unless authorities stop killings of Christians.
- He said the United States may “enter” Nigeria to eliminate Islamist terrorists and directed the Pentagon to ready potential actions.
- Earlier he asked lawmakers to investigate alleged mass killings of Christians and designated Nigeria a “country of particular concern.”
- Nigeria’s foreign ministry dismissed the claims as having no basis in reality and emphasized ongoing counterterrorism efforts and protection of citizens’ rights.
- The government created a commission to investigate possible genocide, as U.S. Senator Ted Cruz publicized an unverified figure of 50,000 Christian deaths since 2009.