Nigeria, Oct. 27 -- The US Congress is being pressured by some human rights watchers and Christian faith leaders to designate Nigeria as a "Country of Particular Concern" (CPC) by the Trump administration due to an alleged genocide being committed against Christians in the country. This narrative is divisive and misleading. It should not be allowed to prevail, as it has baleful diplomatic repercussions.

Countries with the CPC tag are those in which their authorities orchestrate severe violations of citizens' religious freedom or deny them other personal liberties. But no such authoritarian indulgence exists in Nigeria, to warrant a pariah tar. The official picture is as President Bola Tinubu declared, "No faith is under siege."

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