The General Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Tunde Bakare, has alleged that the United States President Donald Trump designated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) because of his interest in the country’s oil.
He claimed that Trump’s administration considers Nigeria’s oil wealth, other mineral resources and critical sectors such as real estate as central to its agenda.
The clergyman stated this during a State of the Nation Address at the Citadel Global Community Church on Sunday.
He recalled that shortly after Trump won the 2024 US election, he received a vision in which the American leader arrived in Sabo, Yaba, Lagos, aboard Air Force One, “dressed in Arabian thobe and ghutra” and declaring, “We are here now.”
He said the revelation signalled a “particular interest” Trump would take in Nigeria linked to Middle East politics, oil and gas, real estate, and the country’s expanding technology sector.
Bakare said, “It was clear to us that President Donald Trump was going to have a particular interest in Nigeria.
“Nigeria’s oil wealth and other mineral resources will be critical to the Trump presidency, as will our role in the value chain of emerging technologies.”
He added that the symbolic attire in the vision pointed to religious implications that could spark tensions if not properly managed.
“Trump’s Muslim attire was a clear indication that his interest in Nigeria could have serious religious implications, such that could cause religiously motivated social unrest,” he said.
Bakare labelled Trump’s leadership style transactional and urged the Federal Government to respond with a structured economic plan.
“President Donald Trump has proven to be a transactional leader whose threats are usually invitations to the negotiating table.
“The Nigerian government should present the United States with a mutually beneficial business proposal, one that will facilitate US business interests while guaranteeing Nigeria’s security, educational development, industrialisation and access to cutting-edge technologies,” he said.
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