Nigeria, Oct. 26 -- There is no one in Nigeria who has spoken up for the rights of Christians, against their marginalisation and persecution, and warned about the reality and dangers of Islamic fundamentalism and Islamist terror, more than I have done over the last 30 years.

Whether it be the sharia debates, the debate on the secularity of the Nigerian State, the debate on the plight of Christians in Northern Nigeria or the debate on ethnic and religious hegemony and domination, I have been deeply involved and invested in these matters right from the beginning.

In each of these prolonged and often acrimonious and volatile debates, I have played a leading role and held my corner.

For those who doubt this, the records are clear and I sug...