US Military Threat: Gov Adeleke Says Fresh Diplomatic Engagement ‘Necessary’, Urges Support For Nigeria’s Fight Against Terrorism

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has called for a renewed diplomatic engagement between Nigeria and the United States of America following President Donald Trump’s submission that Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria which had made him announce the decision to add the ‘Giant of Africa’ to the State Department’s watch list while also including it in the list of ‘Countries of Particular Concern.

Recall that President Donald Trump had also in an X.com post asked Pentagon to prepare for ‘action’ in Nigeria in order to tackle Islamist militant groups while accusing Nigerian government of failing to protect the Christians.

In a statement issued in Osogbo and made available to Team@orientactualmags.com by his spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, Governor Adeleke threw his weight behind diplomatic solutions within the context of decades of productive and rewarding Nigeria-American diplomatic partnership.

‘I appeal to the Presidency of the United States of America to support Nigeria to fully implement the recently developed national security strategy. The new strategy is comprehensive and capable of taking on the monster of banditry and terroristic killings in many parts of the country’ he said.

The governor, who commiserated with families of victims across the northern region, said the American intervention is a wake-up call to rigorously implement new security measures and forceful counter- terrorism actions in partnership with diplomatic allies, adding that ‘we need help from the United States and others to solve the terrorism challenge’.

‘Nigeria suffers from unfortunate killings across Northern Nigeria which has claimed lives of many innocent citizens. We believe that a high-powered engagement at the presidential level will particularly open to the American government the ongoing security operations, successes and challenges Nigeria is facing in the fight against terrorism.

We need our international partners to expand their support for the Nigerian security agencies and its political leadership to face national security challenges. Peaceful interface between Abuja and Washington holds the key rather than military intervention by the American government’ the statement quoted the governor as saying.

Governor Adeleke, who urged the political class to support the Nigerian government amid ongoing face off, also lauded the presidency for its diplomatic moves to douse the tension and address genuine concerns of western partners especially the United States of America.

‘This is the time to unite as a nation to support the national leadership to frontally address internal and external threats for the protection of the citizenry. This is the time to back the President to enforce the letters and spirit of the constitution in all facets of national life. We need peace, not war to deepen our democracy and protect our citizens’ the governor said-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08035023079, 08059100286, 09094171980. Thank you