Nigeria’s FM says state-backed persecution impossible under constitution

Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar said on Tuesday that state involvement in religious persecution was “impossible” in Nigeria under the country’s laws and constitution.

He was responding to a question about U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning of possible “fast” military action in Nigeria if it fails to crack down on the killing of Christians.

Speaking in Berlin alongside his German counterpart Johann Wadephul, Tuggar pointed to…