Omoyele Sowore, activist and former presidential candidate, has warned that the latest threat from US President Donald Trump should not be celebrated.
On Friday, Trump tagged Nigeria a “country of particular
concern”.
On Saturday, the US president accused the Nigerian
government of turning a blind eye to attacks on Christians.
“If the Nigerian government continues to allow the killing
of Christians, the USA will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria,
and may very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing’, to
completely wipe out the Islamic terrorists who are committing these horrible
atrocities,” Trump wrote on social media.
Sowore said whether one is Christian, Muslim, animist or
non-religious, that type of rhetoric should not be celebrated.
“The latest threat by U.S. President Donald Trump @POTUS to
launch military action in Nigeria, allegedly to protect Christians, may sound
appealing to some. Still, history has shown this to be perilous,” Sowore wrote.
He noted that the United States and its allies have a long
record of military interventions that leave nations more unstable.
“They failed to secure peace in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, or
Syria, and they won’t bring salvation to Nigeria through bombs or boots on the
ground,” he added.
The activist argued that what Nigeria needs is not a foreign
saviour, but legitimate, accountable leadership that protects all citizens,
upholds justice, and ends the cycle of corruption and violence that have left
the nation broken.
“Donald Trump does not care about Nigerians or Christians,
Muslims, or anyone else,” he said.
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