Christian Genocide: It’s shameful, foolish for Donald Trump to strike base on ‘Onitsha-based’ screwdriver trader claims – Shehu Sani

As facts continue to emerge as to the source of ‘Christian Genocide’ claims that trigger the United States President Donald Trump into striking Islamic Jihadists enclave in Sokoto in the Northwestern Nigeria on the Christmas Day celebration on December 25, 2025, Shehu Sani has described as shameful responding to unverified claims.

The ex-Senator who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly and a playwright, said, “it’s unfortunate and tragic”, reports by New York Times that the claim of Christian Genocide in Nigeria was soruced from one Emeka, an Onitsha-based Screwdriver trader and operator of a small non-governmental organsiation.

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In his verified Facebook post which was captured by CAPITAL POST on Monday in Abuja, Sani said Emeka claimed to have documented “125,000 Christian deaths” using Google searches.

He wrote: “It’s unfortunate and tragic to read the New York Times report that the claim of ‘Christian Genocide’ was sourced from one Onitsha-based Screwdriver trader and ‘Operator of a small NGO who falsely claimed to have documented 125 thousand Christian deaths using Google searches.”

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He expressed displeasure at how could such unverified claims could tensed the United States lawmakers, the President and Intelligent community into carrying out strikes in one of the most ‘foolish’ manner.

His post read: “How such an unverified claim could tensed up the US lawmakers, President and the intelligent community, that led to an airstrikes is one of the most foolish and comical historical events in our lifetime. This is shameful.”

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