‘Country of Particular Concern’: Nigeria’s deliverance cannot come from United States – Sowore

Human Rights activist, Omoleye Sowore reacting to threat by the United States President, Donald Trump to send troops to Nigeria to fight Islamic Jihadists killing Christians in Nigeria, said, the country’s deliverance cannot come from the United States, hence, nobody should celebrate that statement.

In a statement he sent to CAPITAL POST on Sunday in Abuja, Sowore recalled how the United States military intervention in some countries having similar security challenges like Nigeria were left more devastated after their intervention.

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He described Trump’s statement as rhetoric, stating that people of all religious faith should not celebrate the statement despite that it looks appealing.

He wrote: “The latest threat by U.S. President Donald Trump @POTUS to launch military action in Nigeria, allegedly to protect Christians, may sound appealing to some. Still, history has shown this to be perilous.

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“Whether you are Christian, Muslim, animist, or non-religious, no one should celebrate such rhetoric. The United States and its allies have a long record of military interventions that leave nations more unstable than before.

“They failed to secure peace in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, or Syria, and they won’t bring salvation to Nigeria through bombs or boots on the ground.

“What Nigeria truly needs is not a foreign savior, but legitimate, accountable leadership, one that protects all citizens, upholds justice, and ends the cycles of corruption and violence that have left the nation broken.

@realDonaldTrump does not care about Nigerians not Christians, Muslims, or anyone else. Our deliverance will never come from abroad; it must come from within, through real leadership (not the Tinubus of this world) and national renewal. #RevolutionNow

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