A popular American TV show host, Tony Perkins, has disclosed that he refused to allow Nigeria’s First Lady, Remi Tinubu, to come on his platform and address the Christian genocide allegation.

Speaking via a video making the rounds on social media, Perkins claimed that he was approached by the First Lady to discuss religious freedom issues in the country, but he declined the request.

He spoke while hosting Chris Smith, a US lawmaker, during Washington Watch.

Perkins accused the President Bola Tinubu government of moving to cover up the killing of innocent Nigerian Christians.

According to him, Remi Tinubu came to the studio intending to “come on the programme to talk about religious freedom, and I said, ‘I’m not gonna meet with them’”

The broadcaster vowed that he would never “give them a platform to cover up what they’re doing in Nigeria.”

Meanwhile, Remi Tinubu, has declared that Nigeria is open to more military and security collaborations with the United States against terrorist groups and bandits in the Northern part of the country.

She described the U.S. strikes carried out on Christmas Day as a blessing for Nigeria and expressed hope for further collaboration between the two nations

During a visit to the United States, Mrs. Tinubu spoke about the airstrikes, which targeted terrorist locations in Sokoto.

She also attended the National Prayer Breakfast with former U.S. President Donald Trump, who had directed the strikes.

Mrs. Tinubu said the actions brought relief to Nigeria as the country continues to face attacks that have claimed the lives of many, noting that the government is dealing with the issues

The intervention of the U.S. was quite a welcome development.

“Nigeria is looking forward to collaboration” with the U.S. on security issues. “We are expecting that there will be more,” Tinubu told Fox News Digital during a week-long visit to Washington, D.C.

The Christmas Day strikes marked the first direct military action by the U.S. in Nigeria

President Trump had previously warned that airstrikes would continue if terrorists did not halt attacks on Christians.

He described the operations as a gift to the country and reiterated that the United States would not allow extremist groups to thrive under his leadership.