Invasion Threat: Why Trump Is Sounding Harsh On Tinubu –Afenifere

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has responded to the recent invasion threat of the president of the United States of America (USA), Mr Donald Trump.

It has also given an indication why Trump is sounding harsh on Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu

Afenifere made its viewpoints known in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Jare Ajayi, Afenifere.

Stating that Trump’s widely publicised invasion threat was informed by his displeasure with the Nigerian administration’s disposition on matters of public interest, he added:

“By sounding so harsh, Mr Trump hopes to get President Tinubu to negotiate with him with a view to having more inroads into Nigeria’s economy and to possibly force Nigeria to buy more goods, especially weapons, from America. Nigeria’s recent rapport with China does not seem to go down well with the US.

“Besides, some interests in America do not like the principled positions being taken by the Bola Tinubu administration on some issues”, Ajayi said.

“It is a known fact that the claim of genocide against Christians in Nigeria is not valid.

“Not that people are not being killed, the reality is that bandits and terrorists do not discriminate. Their target is the economy.

“ Those funding them are interested in the mineral resources underground. So, they sponsor bandits to cause mayhem in places where they spot mineral resources.

“When the people in those areas are displaced, the ‘sponsors’ step in and begin to exploit the resources.

“It is not for nothing that he ordered that the Department of Defence in his country should be renamed ‘Department of War’.

“Thus, Nigerians should refrain from acting in a manner (or making a pronouncement) that those who may want to create theatres of war would have justifications for doing so”, he said.

He said the Nigerian government, through its various security arms, has been responding to insecurity threats in the country, citing the recent change of security chiefs as proof that the government was not resting on its oars with reference to insecurity

is not resting on its oars. It is working on insecurity. Government can do more, certainly. The change of security chiefs is one of the steps being taken by Mr. President to buckle up on security.”