President Donald Trump of the United States of America has told
President Muhammadu Buhari that his country will not accept the killing
of Christians.
The American leader said this while playing host to his Nigerian counterpart at the White House on Monday.
“We have had very serious problems with Christians who are
being murdered in Nigeria, we are going to be working on that problem
very, very hard because we cannot allow that to happen,” Trump said.
On his part, Buhari said is working hard to address the problem.
He also thanked the US government for approving the sale of
military hardware to Nigeria. The clash between farmers and herdsmen
took a different dimension when gunmen invaded a Catholic church in
Benue state last week.
Two priests and 17 worshippers were shot dead. Condemning the
attack the Pope prayed for Christians while conducting a mass in Rome on
Sunday.
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) had staged a nationwide protest against the killings on Sunday.
See some tweets concerning the meeting below:
