Former presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, has recommended Massad Boulos, a former Senior Adviser to ex-U.S. President Donald Trump, for dismissing claims that Christians are being intentionally focused in Nigeria.
Boulos, who served as Trump’s Senior Adviser on Arab and African Affairs, stated terrorist teams reminiscent of Boko Haram and ISIS had killed extra Muslims than Christians within the nation.
He made the remarks in a video shared by the Nigerian Tv Authority (NTA) on Friday, whereas responding to questions on allegations by some U.S. politicians that Christians had been being persecuted in Nigeria.
Boulos described such allegations as “unlucky and deceptive,” noting that terrorism in Nigeria was not based mostly on faith however moderately a broader problem of insecurity affecting individuals of all faiths.
“Those that know the terrain nicely perceive that terrorism has no color, no faith, and no tribe. Individuals of all backgrounds are victims. Boko Haram and ISIS have killed extra Muslims than Christians,” he stated.
The U.S. diplomat additionally acknowledged that the farmer-herder clashes within the Center Belt had been actual however maintained that they weren’t religiously motivated.
He recommended President Bola Tinubu’s administration for intensifying efforts to enhance safety throughout the nation, saying current measures had been starting to yield optimistic outcomes.
Boulos additional praised Nigeria’s long-standing custom of peaceable non secular coexistence, describing its variety as a supply of power.
“Nigeria is a nation the place Christians and Muslims have lived aspect by aspect for hundreds of years. The nation’s inhabitants is nearly evenly break up between each faiths, and faith ought to by no means be a supply of division,” he stated.
Reacting in a submit on his X (previously Twitter) deal with, Ahmad stated the U.S. diplomat’s feedback ought to encourage stronger and extra coordinated actions by Nigerian safety businesses towards terrorist teams and felony networks.
“Good to see senior U.S. officers publicly pushing again towards that harmful ‘Christian genocide’ narrative,” Ahmad wrote.
“I hope this clearer framing results in stronger and extra coordinated motion by our troops towards terrorists and different felony parts,” he added.
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