Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has dismissed claims that Christians are being killed in Nigeria under President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, Wike described the allegation of genocide as ‘politics taken too far.’
‘It is an indictment that a government I am serving, anybody will allege that that government is supporting genocide, killing of Christians and I am still in that government.
‘This is politics taken too far. The Inspector General of Police is a Christian, the Director General of the Department of State Services is a Christian, the Chief of Defence (Staff) is a Christian.
‘Tell me how any right-thinking person will think that we will sit in a government and support the killing of our own people?’ he queried.
Wike noted that the killing of any Nigerian, regardless of religion, brings no joy to any responsible leader.
This is coming after United States President, Donald Trump, in a post on his Truth Social account, instructed the U.S. War Department to prepare for a possible action in Nigeria.
He accused the Nigerian government of turning a blind eye to what he described as the ‘mass slaughter of Christians’ across the country.
Trump warned that the United States would immediately halt all aid and assistance to Nigeria if the attacks on Christians continue.
He also indicated that America might intervene militarily to eliminate what he called ‘Islamic terrorists’ responsible for the killings.
‘If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing,’ to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities,’ Trump wrote.
He further stated, ‘I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians! WARNING: THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT BETTER MOVE FAST!’