Our reporter/ US President Donald Trump on Sunday doubled down on his pressure campaign against the Nigerian government over their failure to protect the Christian community from marauding jihadists.
Speaking to reporters while boarding Air Force One, Trump said he is not ruling out air strikes or boots on the ground in furtherance of his plan to “completely wipe out the Islamic terrorists killing Christians in Nigeria”.
The US President on Friday labelled Nigeria a “country of particular concern (CPC)” over claims of Christian genocide in the West African nation.
The US leader also warned the Nigerian government to “better move fast” or he would make good his threat to stop all US aid and assistance to the country.
On Saturday, he threatened in a Truth Social media post to unleash the department of war on Nigeria in an attack that will be “fast, vicious and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs that attack our cherished Christians”.
The US secretary of war, Pete Hegseth has since announced the readiness of the US military to carry out President Trump’s directive.
In a chat with reporters on Sunday, Trump said the United States can no longer afford to look the other way while Christians are being killed by religious fanatics in Nigeria.
Asked if he envisaged boots on the ground or air strikes in his bid to save the Christian community in Nigeria, he said “yes, there could be”.
“They are killing record numbers of Christians in Nigeria. It’s also bad in other countries, you know that,” Trump added.
“They are killing Christians in very large numbers. We are not going to allow that to happen.”
The federal government have repeatedly claims of a Christian genocide in Nigeria.
President Tinubu in a statement over the weekend said his government is committed to protecting Nigerians of all faiths.
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