NSA, SECURITY CHIEFS TO BRIEF MEDIA ON TRUMP’S GENOCIDE CLAIMS
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The Office of the National Security Adviser and the country’s security officials are scheduled to update the press on Monday afternoon in reaction to U. S. President Donald Trump’s recent statements alleging genocide against Christians within the nation.
Lanre Issa-Onilu, Director-General of the National Orientation Agency, revealed this information at the monthly National Joint Security Press Briefing conducted on Monday in Abuja.
He stated that the briefing will “offer a comprehensive response to the allegations of genocide and inform the media about the current initiatives of the government to address insecurity and other unlawful activities. ”
This action arises amidst extensive public reactions to Trump’s post on his Truth Social platform last Saturday, wherein he accused the Nigerian government of permitting the slaughter of Christians and threatened to deploy U. S. troops to intervene.
“If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the USA will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing,’” Trump had said.
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The contentious remark elicited denunciation both domestically and internationally, leading President Bola Tinubu to deliver an official statement reiterating Nigeria’s dedication to democracy and religious liberty.
In a post on his X handle last Saturday, Tinubu stressed that Nigeria remains a secular democracy where freedom of religion is constitutionally guaranteed.
“Nigeria stands firmly as a democracy governed by constitutional guarantees of religious liberty.
“Since 2023, our administration has maintained an open and active engagement with Christian and Muslim leaders alike and continues to address security challenges which affect citizens across faiths and regions,” he had said.
Dismissing external depictions of Nigeria as religiously intolerant, Tinubu characterized such narratives as erroneous and misaligned with the country’s multifaceted reality.
“The depiction of Nigeria as religiously intolerant fails to represent our national truth, nor does it acknowledge the persistent and genuine endeavors of the government to uphold freedom of religion and belief for all Nigerians,” he asserted.
Reaffirming the nation’s cohesion, the President remarked that religious tolerance “has been a fundamental principle of our shared identity and will always remain so,” while committing to ongoing collaboration with the United States and other international partners to foster mutual understanding and safeguard all faith communities.
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