A tense exchange unfolded on Piers Morgan’s show as Yusuf Tuggar, minister of foreign affairs, traded barbs with Goldie Ghamari, former Canadian member of parliament, over allegations of Christian persecution in Nigeria.
Tuggar appeared on the show, which aired Tuesday, to challenge the claims, clarify figures, provide context, and address Nigeria’s complex security challenge.
In the first 16 minutes of the interview, Morgan presented figures from the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) claiming over 50,000 Christians have been killed in Nigeria since 2009 and 18,000 churches destroyed.
Tuggar dismissed the figures as inaccurate and challenged the religious framing, saying the government does not tally deaths by faith and views all victims as Nigerians first.
When pressed for numbers, the minister went on to claim that only 177 Christians were killed and 102 churches attacked in the last five years in Nigeria.
The temperature went up a few celsius when Morgan brought in Ghamari as a second guest.
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