Nigeria's foreign minister refutes Trump's claims, denying that the government supports jihadist groups in the massacre of Christians.

The Nigerian government responded for the first time on Tuesday (November 4th) to US President Trump's threat of air strikes against Nigeria, declaring that the authorities will never tolerate religious persecution.

Trump claimed in a social media post over the weekend that he has instructed the Pentagon to develop a feasible plan to attack Nilia as Islamic militants in Nigeria are massacred a large number of Christians.

Nilya's Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar said at a press conference in Berlin, Germany on Tuesday that the country's constitution does not allow religious persecution, and "no level of the Nigerian government can support religious persecution in any form."

He said that Nigeria's Constitution promises to guarantee religious freedom and the rule of law.

Nilia is the most populous country in Africa, with its territory roughly evenly distributed between Christians in the south and Muslims in the north. But experts point out that the country is facing complex and tangled disputes, which have led to the brutal killing of many Christians and Muslims regardless of their status.

However, in recent months, claims that Christians in Nigeria have been persecuted have begun to spread widely among right-wingers in the United States and Europe.

On Tuesday, accompanied by German Foreign Minister Waldorf, Tagel warned the outside world not to divide Nalia by religion and warned all parties not to let the tragedy in Sudan repeat.

Tagel said, "What we see in Sudan is that some people are trying to incite religious and tribal sentiments to divide the country. What you see is a tragedy."

Trump did not propose to divide Nigeria by religion, but without evidence, he claimed that "thousands of Christians are being massacred, and extremist Muslims are responsible for these massacres."

In recent years, separatist groups in southeastern Nigeria have continuously claimed that local "Christians are facing a massacre". Moran Global Strategies, based in the United States, representing these separatists, attempted to lobby employees of the US Congress, claiming that Christians in Nigeria are facing persecution.

Some analysts suggest that Washington's recent promotion of the claim that "Christians are being persecuted" may be related to the Nigerian government's refusal to accept non-Nigerian refugees deported by the US government.