Days after the US President Donald Trump threatened an attack in Nigeria over claims that Christians are under attack, Bola Tinubu, the Nigerian government, is planning to meet with him.
According to the post by Tinubu’s special Adviser on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, on X, Tinubu would meet Trump “in the coming days.”
Bwala expressed the commitment between both leaders in combating insurgency and terrorism, adding that President Trump has authorised arms sales to assist in combating terrorism, which Tinubu has effectively utilised in the fight against terrorism.
“President Trump has assisted Nigeria a lot by authorising the sale of arms to Nigeria, and President Tinubu has adequately utilised the opportunity in the fight against terrorism, for which we have massive results to show,” Bwala said.
The aide also disclosed that Tinubu would discuss Trump’s claim of Genocide against Christians. This meeting is expected to be held at the State House in Abuja or the White House in Washington.
“Both President Bola Tinubu and President Donald Trump have shared interests in the fight against insurgency and all forms of terrorism against humanity,” he said.
“As for the differences as to whether terrorists in Nigeria target only Christians or in fact all faiths and no faiths, the differences, if they exist, would be discussed and resolved by the two leaders when they meet in the coming days, either in the State House or White House.”
Trump, on his social media post on 1 November via Truth Social, threatened to cut off all assistance to the African country “if the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians.”
The US “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 added, without specifying which groups or alleged “atrocities” he was referring to.
“I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians! WARNING: THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT BETTER MOVE FAST!” he wrote.
Nigeria has been added to the Department of State’s list of “Countries of Particular Concern” alongside the People’s Republic of China, Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Pakistan, Russia, and Saudi Arabia.
Since 2009, report shows that terrorist group, Boko Haram and ISWA have killed over 40,000 Nigerians and displace many, with higher number predominantly Christians.
