The UK Government is being urged to impose sanctions on Nigerian government officials “turning a blind eye” to the slaughter of Christians in the West African country.

Ayo Adedoyin, Chief Executive of PSJ UK, said that Nigeria’s Christians were facing a “catastrophe”.

“Tens of thousands of Christians have been murdered in Nigeria and many thousands more have been subjected to vicious assault.”

Mr Adedoyin added: “The British government must do more to support Nigerian Christians and should apply sanctions to the members of the Nigerian government that are, at best, turning a blind eye to this ongoing catastrophe.”

The move comes after a new report warned that extremists may have been responsible for the deaths of up to 100,000 Christians in Nigeria over the last two decades.

It said that Nigeria has suffered more violent incidents and deaths than the rest of the entire West Africa region.

The report cites the findings of a new Savanta ComRes poll which finds strong public support in the UK for tougher action.

Around half of UK adults said they would support the withholding of British foreign aid to Nigeria over the persecution of Christians, while three in five said they would support sanctions on individuals responsible for human rights abuses.

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