Since 2019, tens of thousands of Christians in Nigeria have been slaughtered as part of a sustained pattern of religiously motivated violence by Islamist jihadis. Ignored or enabled by the Nigerian government, extremist groups like Boko Haram are allowed to operate without any meaningful response from authorities. A courageous leader named Mazi Namdi Khanu was convicted in a farce show trial for speaking out about about what's happening. He's currently serving a life sentence in prison, convicted on false terrorism charges. (00:15–00:23)
CLAIM
Asserts that the Nigerian government is not effectively responding to extremist groups like Boko Haram.
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