A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Buba Galadima, has said he would support a military strike by the United States if it would help address Nigeria’s worsening insecurity.
Galadima stated this on Monday on Arise Television’s Prime Time while reacting to the threat by United States President Donald Trump to send military troops to Nigeria amid allegations of “Christian genocide” in the country.
Asked if he would vote for Trump to deploy troops to secure areas affected by insecurity, Galadima said he would support such an action solely for the purpose of restoring security, not for religious motives
He asserted that Trump has a record of applying pressure on countries such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to secure financial gains, adding that similar tactics could be used on Nigeria if President Bola Tinubu engages him effectively.
He described Trump as a businessman who uses pressure to extract concessions from governments, noting that the US leader is primarily driven by strategic and economic interests, not by the protection of Christians or Muslims.
He said: “Not for the purposes he (Trump) is talking about. But to come and secure Nigeria, I will vote for Trump 100 million times.
“You know it is both sides of the coin. Trump himself, I don’t believe that he’s here to protect Christians or Muslims. He wants to put pressure on the Nigerian government so that he could extract as much as possible, because he assumes that France and China are milking Nigeria dry.
“He’s not talking for you or for me. So he wanted to have a cake, and he has done that. Look at what is happening, put pressure on Saudi Arabia, put pressure on Kuwait and get trillions of dollars.
“So the man is a businessman. He can change if they ‘see’ him well. If they talk to him well, he can ‘press’ Tinubu tomorrow.”
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