Those who truly care about Nigerians and about Christians in Nigeria should support the citizens demanding a state that can investigate, prevent and prosecute. They should demand budgets, oversight, and reforms, not bombs. The stakes are too human, and our history too loud, to fall for “guns-a-blazing” one more time. When Donald Trump declared that [ ]
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