Nigeria, Nov. 19 -- Nigeria's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has rejected the persistent international claims that the federal government is complicit in, or has failed to prevent a genocide against Christians in the country.

Speaking on Piers Uncensored, a YouTube talk show hosted by Piers Morgan, on Tuesday night, Mr Tuggar insisted that violence in Nigeria affects both Christians and Muslims.

He recalled that even his father-in-law was killed in an attack by non-state actors.

Responding to Mr Morgan's claim that at least 50,000 Christians have been murdered since 2009, the minister described the figures as "completely false and totally inaccurate."

He noted that multiple media organisations have fact-checked and disprov...