Nigeria says US help in fighting militant groups must respect its sovereignty [SOUND]

# Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs ministry says it would welcome assistance from the US in fighting Islamist militant groups, as long as its territorial integrity is respected. US president Donald Trump has ordered the Defence Department to prepare for possible military action in Nigeria. He has accused the Nigerian government of failing to stop what he called the mass slaughter of Christians in the country. The ministry’s spokesperson, Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, has denied Trump’s claims of mass killings of Christians: