On Saturday, United States President Donald Trump
designated Nigeria as a Nation of Specific Concern, primarily based on a story of “Christian Genocide” that has been pushed for a couple of months now within the native and worldwide media.
This adopted points raised persistently by sure US lawmakers, calling on Trump to behave quick to avoid wasting Christians in Nigeria.
This narrative endured regardless of repeated clarifications by the Nigerian Authorities and different stakeholders that the unlucky killings in Nigeria weren’t focused at a specific
faith.
Those that provided this rationalization pointed on the numerous examples of Muslim worshippers massacred proper inside some mosques in components of the Northern Nigeria in addition to different terrorism-related killings occurring throughout Nigeria.
The narrative was renewed, strongly, early October, when United States Senator Ted Cruz accused Nigeria’s authorities of enabling a “bloodbath”
in opposition to Christians.
In an October 7, 2025 X put up, Cruz mentioned 50,000 Christians had been killed since 2009 with 2,000 colleges and 18,000 church buildings destroyed by what
he known as “Islamist” armed {groups}.
Additionally, an impartial visiting US delegation, mid October, launched a controversial report in Abuja, alleging that “Christian genocide” was ongoing in Nigeria.
The group, led by former US Ambassador Lewis Lucke (retd) and former Mayor of Blanco, Texas, Mike Arnold, addressed journalists on Tuesday, 14
October 2025, in Abuja.
Their report claimed to offer firsthand proof gathered over a number of years throughout a number of Nigerian states.
Following the forwards and backwards on this very delicate difficulty of Genocide, the President of the US launched an announcement on social media, which shook, not solely Nigeria however all the world, contemplating the truth that Nigeria is essentially the most populous and arguably essentially the most influential black
nation.
He mentioned on Saturday that he had instructed the US Division of Warfare to arrange for “potential motion”, warning that he would possibly ship the navy into Nigeria “guns-a-blazing” except the Nigerian authorities intervened.
He known as Nigeria “a now disgraced nation” and threatened to chop off all assist to the nation.
“If we assault, will probably be quick, vicious, and swift,” the US President mentioned.Whereas we’re of the opinion that the Federal Authorities ought to have dealt with these allegations higher when the development started, by sending a strong delegation to the US
to color the right image and welcome real help within the combat in opposition to terrorism, we urge Nigerians at house, and overseas, to be cautious
of their analyses of this difficulty.
Data from the Nigerian authorities on this explicit matter, now that it’s on the world stage, should even be streamlined and vetted earlier than it’s launched.
Having too many individuals say various things on behalf of the federal government on a difficulty as delicate as this will additional exert extra stress on tensed
nerves.
We welcome real considerations for each Nigerian by overseas powers, however we additionally advise in opposition to any hurried motion which may be primarily based on biased info by events in
Nigeria.
Undoubtedly, Nigeria Wants assist in the combat in opposition to insecurity and terrorism.
Too many lives have been misplaced throughout spiritual
traces.
Bandits are getting bolder by the day and highway journeys have develop into extra scary regardless of the efforts of the federal government at nipping the ugly development
within the bud.
Nevertheless, the tone of the most recent threat by the US President ought to name for sober reflection than assaults and -attacks.
The information of a gathering, quickly, between Trump and President Bola Tinubu, credited to Daniel Bwala, is coronary heart warming if genuine.
Nevertheless, earlier than this anticipated assembly, we might implore the President to focus 100 per cent consideration on preventing this menace.
If we direct half of what goes to state governments with out commensurate advantages for residents to the combat in opposition to insecurity, and be sure that each dime goes into the meant goal, lots could be accomplished, even earlier than overseas assist.
Lastly, now we have no different nation than Nigeria, no patriotic citizen ought to play politics with the present state of affairs by wishing for this type of invasion