US delisting: Buhari govt has never been a religious violator, says MURIC

Islamic human rights organisation, Muslim Rights Concern, has said that the government of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has never repressed religions in Nigeria.

MURIC Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, in a chat with The PUNCH, said the United States added Nigeria to its list of religious violators in 2020 because of the “lies” it got from some Nigerians.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in a statement last Wednesday, had blacklisted Russia, China and eight other countries as religious violators, leaving out Nigeria which was…