By Sa’adiyyah Adebisi Hassan
“Those petitioning now were silent when blood flowed. Those crying ‘sovereignty’ ignored mass graves. Those screaming ‘mislabeling’ have no tears for victims”
The truth has started walking, and as usual, lies are scrambling for cover.
The Sokoto State Government has confirmed it: U.S. airstrikes destroyed terrorist camps. No civilian casualties. That single confirmation should have ended the noise. Instead, it exposed something uglier than denial – terrorist apologism disguised as “sovereignty concern.”
FROM “ONION FARM” LIES TO EMBARRASSING SILENCE
For hours, social media was flooded with a rehearsed lie: “Trump bombed a sugarcane farm.” Others upgraded it to “innocent farmers slaughtered.”
Some even accused the U.S. of randomly firing rockets into open fields like a drunk militia.
Now the truth arrives and suddenly, mouths close.
Let this be stated plainly:
The U.S. military does not drop precision-guided munitions based on Twitter gossip.
They conduct surveillance.
They verify targets.
They confirm patterns.
They strike.
This is not Nollywood.
This is not propaganda.
This is how serious militaries operate.
Anyone still pretending that American forces “mistakenly” bombed farmland is no longer misinformed – they are actively laundering sympathy for terrorists.
WHY ARE YOU ANGRY WHEN TERRORISTS ARE KILLED?
This is the question no one wants to answer.
Why are people – especially from terror-ravaged regions – angry that terrorist camps were destroyed?
Why the petitions?
Why the outrage?
Why the panic?
In any sane country:
ISIS being hit is celebrated
Terror camps being destroyed is relief
Foreign assistance against mass murder is welcomed
Only in Nigeria do some people react as if a family compound was attacked.
And don’t insult our intelligence with fake moralism.
If ISIS, ISWAP, or their affiliates were not hit, they would have denied it within hours. Terror groups are loud when they are untouched. Their silence speaks louder than all your press releases.
THE “SOVEREIGNTY” CROWD: LATE TO EVERY FUNERAL
Now enter the professional petition writers.
Suddenly, everyone is a constitutional lawyer.
Everyone is quoting sections.
Everyone is demanding “after-action reports.”
Where were these voices for 16 years while:
Villages were erased
Churches were burned
Mosques were attacked
Children were kidnapped
Women were raped
Entire communities were displaced
Where was this outrage when Nigerians were dying daily?
You did not discover sovereignty yesterday.
You remembered it only when terrorists were touched.
THE DISHONEST NARRATIVE WAR
One of the most disgusting tricks in this episode is the deliberate confusion:
“Bandits, not terrorists”
“Local criminals, not ISIS”
“Don’t internationalize it”
This is not ignorance.
It is intentional dilution.
The moment terror networks grow, recruit, radicalize, coordinate, and massacre civilians, they cease to be local criminals.
That is international law.
That is global counterterrorism doctrine.
That is reality.
The same countries crying “mislabeling” happily accept foreign aid, weapons, intelligence, and training – until the bombs land on people they are uncomfortable losing.
STOP BLAMING FOREIGN HELP – BLAME LOCAL FAILURE
Before screaming “foreign intervention,” ask a harder question:
Who created the vacuum that invited it?
Sixteen years of killings.
Sixteen years of negotiations.
Sixteen years of ransom economics.
Sixteen years of appeasement.
If a house burns for sixteen years, don’t curse the fire truck – curse the people who poured petrol and called it peace talks.
No country invites intervention when it handles its problems decisively.
Intervention arrives when:
Terror is normalized
Justice is postponed
Criminals are negotiated with
Victims are mocked
THE DEAD ARE ALREADY DYING – WHAT IS NEW?
Let us end the fake humanitarian panic.
Every single day, over 50 Nigerians die violently.
Who kills them?
Is it Trump?
Is it America?
Or is it the monsters we refused to confront?
A death is a death – yes.
But pretending that inaction is more moral than stopping killers is intellectual fraud.
No country collapses because terrorists are neutralized..Countries collapse because terrorists are protected by silence, excuses, and cowardice.
THE REAL WORK IS NOT FINISHED
Let this be clear: airstrikes alone are not enough.
If Nigeria is serious, then:
Sponsors must be exposed
Negotiators must be questioned
Spokesmen must be confronted
Political protectors must be stripped
You cannot bomb terror camps and keep terror financiers in Babanrigas and agbadas.
SHAME HAS A SOUND
Those petitioning now were silent when blood flowed.
Those crying “sovereignty” ignored mass graves.
Those screaming “mislabeling” have no tears for victims.
History will not remember your petitions.
It will remember who stood with victims and who defended killers with grammar.
Terrorists were hit.
Civilians were spared.
The lie collapsed.
If that upsets you, then the problem is not the bomb.
The problem is your conscience.
