Chairman of the Senate Committee on the South East Development Commission (SEDC), Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has opined that United States President, Donald Trump’s comments regarding killings in Nigeria were accurate.
Naijaonpoint reports that Kalu made this known while fielding questions from journalists on Tuesday about U.S. concerns over attacks on Christians in Nigeria and Trump’s warning of possible military action.
Kalu stated that Trump said the truth, stressing that attacks across the country have claimed both Christian and Muslim lives and must be confronted decisively.
He said, “If it’s a lie, then the answer is that it’s not a lie because he told the truth. Nigerians are being killed, whether they are Christians or Muslims.
“There are jihadists who just want to destroy Nigeria. We should blacklist them without pity so that they will be smoked out.”
Kalu, a former Governor of Abia State, also dismissed speculation that the U.S. was targeting President Bola Tinubu’s government, insisting that America’s focus was on jihadist groups destabilising Nigeria.
He noted, “Nigerians are clapping hands and political opponents are thinking the U.S. is after Tinubu’s government. No! They are going after the jihadists.”
According to Kalu, he had discussed Nigeria’s security challenges with two former U.S. presidents, one Republican and one Democrat, and six serving U.S. Senators, all of whom expressed a willingness to assist Nigeria in fighting terrorism.
He added, “Before President Trump says a word, the American intelligence community must have found out where these terrorists are located.
“You can see that the Nigerian Air Force is already acting, possibly using information shared by the U.S. to bomb terrorist hideouts. That’s how it should be.”
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