Omoyele Sowore
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.
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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.
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“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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