Africa-Press – Nigeria. Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State says Africa did not invade America when a black man was killed by US police personnel.
Soludo stated this in reaction to United States President Donald Trump’s threat to carry out military action in Nigeria following claims of a Christian genocide.
The governor, who stated this on Sunday, stressed that the security challenges in Nigeria go beyond a conflict between Muslims and Christians, adding that Trump’s threat of military intervention to “protect Christians in Nigeria” distorts the actual issues on the ground.
He emphasized the need for the Nigerian government to engage in a more substantive dialogue to address the concerns raised, noting that all relevant facts should be accurately presented.
Soludo further stated that if Nigeria were to seek foreign assistance, it should be through formal requests for military support, technology, or equipment, not through external threats, rejecting any notion of an invasion and argued that it would be equally absurd for African nations to threaten to invade the United States over incidents of racial violence.
“I am not quite sure if you have policemen killing some blacks. I remember the #BlackLivesMatter protested, and somebody would say maybe Africa should go and invade America because blacks are being killed? I’m not quite sure,” he said.
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