When President Donald Trump spoke in defence of Nigeria’s Christians this month it was met with a range of reactions.
Firstly, Nigerian government officials stumbled over themselves to try to explain away the mass murder of the minority religious group in the country. Daniel Bwala, a spokesman for Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, put it down to the US President’s rhetoric, saying, “Trump’s style of going forceful in order to force a sit-down and have a conversation.”
The secular press also found themselves in an awkward situation. Confused about how best to respond to such claims, they decided they were likely false. Despite their alleged interest in championing the afflicted, they found they could not support Nigerian Christians, not because they were Nigerian, but because they were Christians.
