Nigeria: Christianity
Commons · Question 53985 · Tabled 21 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Ruth Jones
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
Answered by Hamish Falconer, 5 Jun 2025
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...