Insecurity: Nigerians urge swift action amid Trump’s threat

Reactions have continued to trail President Donald Trump of the United States’s threat of military action, with a cross section of Nigerians urging the administration of President Bola Tinubu to take immediate decisive action against terrorists.

This appeal comes after President Trump’s designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern, CPC, and his accompanying threat to deploy American military forces over alleged large-scale persecution and killings of Christians.

SOCIETY WATCH reports that President Trump declared Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern, CPC, in response to allegations of widespread persecution and genocide against Christians.

Trump further threatened that he had asked the Defence Department to prepare for possible military action in Nigeria if the Nigerian government “continues to allow the killing of Christians”.

President Bola Tinubu, in response, stated that the characterisation of Nigeria as religiously intolerant did not reflect the country’s national reality.

Tinubu equally stated that the characterisation failed to account for the government’s “consistent and sincere efforts to safeguard freedom of religion and beliefs for all Nigerians”.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also vowed that Nigeria would continue to fight violent extremism, while expressing hope that the US would remain a close ally in the fight.

Other countries and world leaders have risen in defence of Nigeria and cautioned Trump against any direct or indirect military action capable of destabilising the entire West African subregion.

ECOWAS strongly rejected what it called “these false and dangerous claims” that a “Christian genocide” is taking place in Nigeria and the West African region.

It also said terrorist-related violence did not discriminate based on gender, religion, ethnicity, or age.

In the same vein, The Chinese government has pledged its firm support to the President Bola Tinubu administration amid threats of military action by United States President Donald Trump.