Nigeria on Wednesday told foreign diplomats posted to the country that its designation as a violator of religious freedom by the United States was “fundamentally misinformed.”

“Recent external claims suggesting systemic religious persecution in Nigeria are unfounded,” Foreign Ministry permanent secretary Dunoma Umar Ahmed told envoys at a briefing in the capital, Abuja.

Nigeria and the United States have been embroiled in a diplomat

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