The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has
blamed the Nigerian government’s failure to protect citizens for the recent
claim by U.S. President Donald Trump alleging genocide against
Christians in Nigeria.
Trump had on Saturday said he had directed the
Pentagon to prepare a possible plan of attack in Nigeria, a day after warning
that Christianity was “facing an existential threat” in Africa’s most
populous nation.
In his post, Trump said if Nigeria failed to halt the
killings of Christians, the United States would intervene militarily, warning
that such an attack would be “fast, vicious, and sweet.”
When asked aboard Air Force One on Sunday
whether the U.S. was considering deploying troops or conducting air strikes,
Trump replied, “Could be, I envisage a lot of things.”
The comments have sparked widespread reactions across
political and diplomatic circles.
Reacting on Channels Television’s Politics Today,
ADC spokesman Bolaji Abdullahi urged the Federal Government to take full
responsibility for the security of Nigerians.
“If we prove incapable of understanding the enormity
of the crises we face as a country and other people use that opportunity to
kick us around, we should look for balm and rub it and face what matters,” he
said.
Abdullahi, a former National Publicity Secretary of
the All Progressives Congress (APC), accused the ruling party of
mismanaging national security and living in denial over the scale of violence
in the country.
He recalled that the government had previously tried
to dismiss reports of Christian genocide, calling on the administration to show
humility and admit that its current approach has failed.
“This situation requires humility from the
government—to acknowledge that whatever has been done in the last two years
appears not to be working,” he said.
“When you prove capable of protecting your own people, whether they are
Christians or Muslims, nobody will come out and say, ‘if you can’t fix your
problem, we will fix it for you.’”
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