Abdulrahman Dambazau, former chief of army staff, says the United States is only concerned about protecting its own interests, not those of other countries.
Dambazau spoke on Tuesday at the seventh annual public lecture of the ‘Just Friends Club of Nigeria’ in Abuja while addressing Nigeria’s security challenges.
The former army chief, who was guest speaker at the event, cited external meddling and foreign interests as one of the challenges to Nigeria’s internal security architecture.
On November 1, US President Donald Trump threatened that the US could enter Nigeria “guns-a-blazing” to protect the Christian population from Islamic terrorists.
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Trump’s warning elicited a mix reaction from citizens, with some expressing concern over the proposed military intervention.
“The recent talks of Christian genocide in Nigeria speaks volumes of external interest. I will leave it at that,” Danbazau said.
“But I want to say that America doesn’t protect anybody’s interests. I lived in America and I know. I studied masters in political science and I mixed very well with some of them.
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“America doesn’t protect anybody’s interests — they protect theirs, and we must understand that.”
According to the US state department, protecting core national interest is the guiding mission of American foreign policy.
Before any programme is funded, it must be justified with the answer to three questions: Does it make America safer? Does it make America stronger? Does it make America more prosperous?
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