00:01The United States pressure on Nigeria over religious freedom violations has sparked high-level talks.
00:08Meanwhile, Abuja has charged nine men over a massacre that killed 150 Christians,
00:14a rare prosecution in Nigeria's violence-plagued Middle Belt.
00:18Well, we have two applications. One challenging some of the counts, because the duplicated counts, the same offense was duplicated
00:32several times.
00:33Then the second application was for bail, for the first defendant.
00:40Trump claims Nigeria's insecurity amounts to Christian persecution, a claim Abuja disputes.
00:47The Nigerian presidency now stresses protecting vulnerable populations, particularly Christian communities, as talks continue.
00:56As you can see, the first defendant has suffered stroke, so on compassionate grounds we are asking the court to
01:03allow him to be treated in a hospital
01:06instead of just lying in prison. So those were the two applications for the court.
01:13The United States is deepening military ties with Nigeria by sharing intelligence, selling arms and sending troops.
01:21Yet at home, Trump is under pressure from lawmakers like Ted Cruz, who accuses Abuja of facilitating mass murder of
01:30Christians.
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