Nigeria Should Expect More Airstrikes If Christian Genocide Persists—President Trump

United States President Donald Trump has warned that Nigeria may face more strikes if the ongoing killings of Christians are not stopped.

His statement comes following the continual denial by the Tinubu government that Christians are facing systematic persecution.

Trump made the remarks in an interview with The New York Times while responding to questions about Washington’s Christmas Day military strike in Nigeria.

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According to report, the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) said the operation targeted Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria and was carried out in collaboration with the Nigerian government.

At the time, Nigeria described the strike as a “joint operation” against “terrorists” and said it had “nothing to do with a particular religion.”

According to Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, the recent United States airstrikes on terrorist targets in north-western Nigeria were carried out with Nigeria’s full cooperation, approval and intelligence support, stressing that the operation neither violated the country’s sovereignty nor targeted any religious group.

Responding to questions in the interview with The New York Times, Trump was quoted as saying, “I’d love to make it a one-time strike … But if they continue to kill Christians, it will be a many-time strike.”

When asked about comments by his own Africa adviser that Islamic State and Boko Haram militants were killing more Muslims than Christians, Trump replied, “I think that Muslims are being killed also in Nigeria. But it’s mostly Christians.”

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Nigeria Should Expect More Airstrikes If Christian Genocide Persists—President Trump