A former Presidential aide, Laolu Akande has urged the federal government to stop denying the obvious fact that Nigerians are being killed in their numbers by terrorists, in the wake of the US Donald Trump warnings to intervene.
Akande, who served as an aide to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said Christians and Muslims are being killed by the terrorists, saying the Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration must accept outside help to tackle the problem of insecurity in the country.
He spoke on Channels Television programme ‘Sunrise Daily’ on Thursday amid diviisions among Nigerians on the hardline position on the issue and the pushback by the federal government that the country is sovereign and cannot be intimidated by a foreign power.
The former presidential aide spoke following a remark on Wednesday by Dele Alake that President Tinubu inherited the problem form past administrations in the country, noting that the US leader’s position on the issue was contrary to the reality on ground. Alake said the motives of the terrorists killing Nigerians are more of political than religious, saying the criminals don’t consider religion when they kill their victims.
According to Akande, it’s a possibility that more Muslims are being killed considering that the terrorists operate in the northern part of the country predominant with Muslims, he however, stated that the federal government should align with Trump on how to end the menace rather than pushing back that the problem does not exist.
The magazine reported that President Trump warned that the use of military force can not be rule out if the terrorists could not be contained by the federal government, he also threatened to impose economic sanctions and stop aid to the country as part of his government measures to end alleged genocide against Christians in the country.
The US leader had since designated Nigeria a ‘Country of Particular Concern”, which diplomatic s experts say will have far-reaching implications on the country.
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