Trump threatens to launch attacks in Nigeria over ‘killing of Christians’

Nigerian authorities denies US president’s assertion of not stemming ‘horrible atrocities’ against Christians.

US President Donald Trump has threatened to transportation retired attacks successful Nigeria successful effect to purported anti-Christian violence, saying helium instructed the precocious renamed Department of War to “prepare for imaginable action”.

In a societal media station connected Saturday, Trump said the United States would instantly chopped disconnected each assistance to the African state “if the Nigerian Government continues to let the sidesplitting of Christians”.

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The US “may precise good spell into that present disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing,’ to wholly hitch retired the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities”, Trump added, without specifying which groups oregon alleged “atrocities” helium was referring to.

“I americium hereby instructing our Department of War to hole for imaginable action. If we attack, it volition beryllium fast, vicious, and sweet, conscionable similar the violent thugs onslaught our CHERISHED Christians! WARNING: THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT BETTER MOVE FAST!” helium wrote.

The Nigerian authorities did not instantly respond to Trump’s threat.

The societal media station comes a time aft the US president announced that Nigeria would beryllium added to the Department of State’s database of “Countries of Particular Concern”, which is acceptable up to show spiritual persecution astir the world.

In caller months, right-wing lawmakers and different salient figures successful the US person claimed that convulsive disputes successful Nigeria are portion of a run of “Christian genocide”.

While human rights groups person urged the Nigerian authorities to bash much to code unrest successful the country, which has experienced deadly attacks by Boko Haram and other equipped groups, experts accidental claims of a “Christian genocide” are mendacious and simplistic.

A fewer hours earlier Trump’s threat, Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu released a connection stressing that his authorities “continues to code information challenges which impact citizens crossed faiths and regions”.

“The characterisation of Nigeria arsenic religiously intolerant does not bespeak our nationalist reality, nor does it instrumentality into information the accordant and sincere efforts of the authorities to safeguard state of religion and beliefs for each Nigerians,” Tinubu said connected Saturday.

“Nigeria opposes spiritual persecution and does not promote it. Nigeria is simply a state with law guarantees to support citizens of each faiths,” the connection continued.

“Our medication is committed to moving with the United States authorities and the planetary assemblage to deepen knowing and practice connected extortion of communities of each faiths.”

Kimiebi Ebienfa, a spokesperson for Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stressed his country’s committedness to protecting each of its citizens.

“The Federal Government of Nigeria volition proceed to support each citizens, irrespective of race, creed, oregon religion,” Ebienfa wrote successful a connection connected Saturday.

“Like America, Nigeria has nary enactment but to observe the diverseness that is our top strength.”