Nigerian lawyer cum human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, has slammed controversial Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, over his criticisms of the United States’ airstrikes against terrorists in Sokoto State.
Naijaonpoint recalls that President Donald Trump, on Christmas Day, ordered airstrikes on ISIS terrorists in Sokoto State.
However, some security experts believed that the mission failed because there had been no recorded casualties on the side of the terrorists.
Amid the controversies surrounding the attack, Gumi has continued to rubbish the multiple airstrikes in several commentaries.
In a post via 𝕏 on Sunday, Adeyanju said Gumi should not be ‘crying’ if Trump’s airstrikes failed to kill any ISIS terrorists in Sokoto State.
He said, “If the Donald Trump air strike against Nigerian ISIS didn’t kill any terrorist, why is Gumi crying? Should he not be happy that all his colleagues are still alive?
“Why the tears? We need more collaborative efforts between the US and Nigeria against these barbaric terrorists terrorizing our nation.”
Meanwhile, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has stated that it would have been unreasonable for Nigeria to decline the assistance of the United States to help fight terrorism in the country.
Keyamo stated this on 𝕏 while defending the Federal Government’s decision to partner with the U.S to launch attacks against terrorists in some parts of the country.
The minister said the people should care more about efforts being made to rid the country, especially the North, of terrorists.
“When your house is on fire, it would be stupid to prevent anyone who has fire extinguishers to come into your house and put out the fire,” the Minister said.
He said it would be unwise for anyone to be more interested in their privacy when the fire is raging to consume their family.