Reacting to the recent post by US President Donald Trump on truth social, Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has said that there is no any religious genocide in Nigeria.
Speaking as a guest on Arise TV on Monday as monitored in Lafia, Governor Sule said Trump must have been misinformed about the true situation of things in Nigeria.
According to the Governor, having lived in Houston, United States, he is knowledgeable about how the system works in the US.
“I think it’s just unfortunate. It is a process of governance. I lived in the United States. We sponsored congressmen. And I know how some of these systems work. It is a result of misinformation sometimes. While leaving in the US, in Houston to be specific, there were times we sponsored a Congress woman called Sheila Jackson Lee. Of course, they would ask us, what are the problems in your country, how can I help?
“Most likely that was what happened between the congressman who brought out the issue about the killings in Nigeria, as well as Nigerians leaving there and he got the wrong information they are working with,” he stated.
The Governor however expressed satisfaction that President Ahmed Bola Tinubu has agreed to meet with President Trump, signalling that the impasse could be settled diplomatically.
“I am happy that President Ahmed Bola Tinubu has committed to meeting with President Trump. I am sure we can resolve this diplomatically. These kinds of issues come up. They are not new. At times these kinds of threats have been issued to so many other countries,” he said.
On whether there is any form of religious genocide going on anywhere in the country, Governor Sule categorically dismissed such claims.
“Do we have a religious genocide in Nigeria? Definitely not. There is nothing like a religious genocide in Nigeria. In anywhere for that matter,” he added.
He however blamed some politicians or even Nigerians, who out of frustration, make such claims without necessarily understanding the consequences of their vituperations.
“There are times where politicians or perhaps other Nigerians out of their own frustrations come out with statements similar to this. They don’t understand the consequences of such kinds of statements. Leaving in Nasarawa, I knew we have had situations where they would say, they are wiping out a particular ethnic group. In most cases, there is nothing like that. If you look at the genesis of the matter, you will see that it is not exactly the way it is being presented. There is absolutely no kind of genocide of any religion in Nigeria. I think everybody knows that,” he said.
Recall that at the weekend, US President, Donald Trump wrote on truth social where he alleged that Christians are being killed in Nigeria, threatening to send the US military to wipe out those killing the Christians.
“They’re killing record numbers of Christians in Nigeria. They’re killing the Christians and killing them in very large numbers. We’re not going to allow that to happen,” the US president said.
Trump warned that he might send the military into Nigeria “guns-a-blazing” unless the Nigerian government intervened, threatening to stop sending aid to Nigeria.