Nigeria is on edge over the longstanding and controversial subject of alleged Christian persecution and the threat of military action from US President Donald Trump, something Abuja has rejected.
On Sunday, many Nigerians woke up to the news of Trump's order to the Pentagon asking it to begin planning for potential military action to deal with the decades-long problem.
"If the Nigerian government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria and may very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing,’ to completely wipe out the Islamic terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities," Trump said in a social media post on Saturday.
"I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action.
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