US–NIGERIA SECURITY DEAL MUST NOT TARGET MUSLIMS — MURIC WARNS FG
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By: Sefiu Ajape
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has cautioned the Federal Government against allowing its newly announced security partnership with the United States to result in what it described as making Muslims “sacrificial lambs.”
The warning was issued in a statement released on Tuesday, 25th November 2025, and signed by the organization’s Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola.
According to MURIC, the deal—announced on Monday, 24th November 2025—revealed that Nigeria and the U.S. agreed to collaborate on security technology and intelligence support. However, the group expressed concern over what it called an implied focus on protecting Christian communities in the North Central and providing “humanitarian assistance to the Middle Belt,” without similar commitments to “badly affected communities in the Northwest and Northeast.”
“While we welcome this development, we frown at the fact that the assistance to be offered by the United States will be to Christians of the Middle Belt only. It is divisive, lopsided, partial and inhuman,” the statement said.
MURIC argued that Muslims in the North have suffered long-standing devastation from terrorism and banditry, insisting that any form of assistance must cover both Christian and Muslim victims. The group said the Federal Government must also seek support for “affected Muslims in the Northwest and Northeast” if the U.S. offer remains selective.
The statement added that protecting only Christian-dominated areas would “divide Nigerians further, deepen hostilities and reopen wounds,” stressing that security cooperation “must be for all Nigerians.”
MURIC further demanded protection for Muslims in Plateau, Benue, and Southern Nigeria, alleging widespread killings, destruction of property, and attacks on mosques in these regions. It also accused some southwest state governments of violating the fundamental rights of Muslims.
“In short, Muslims must not be turned into sacrificial lambs under the pressure of a crusading Western power,” the group stated, while urging the Federal Government to avoid overreliance on any single foreign partner and continue exploring cooperation with other nations.
The organization concluded by emphasizing that “terrorism has no religion” and called for balanced assistance to all victims of violence across Nigeria.
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