The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticised the Nigerian government for failing to protect its citizens, saying the negligence led to U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent allegations of Christian genocide in the country.
Trump, in a post on Saturday, claimed Christianity was “facing an existential threat” in Nigeria and revealed he had ordered the Pentagon to draw up a possible plan of attack. He warned that if the killings continued, the response from the United States would be “fast, vicious, and sweet.”
He repeated the warning on Sunday, hinting at possible military intervention — a statement that has since provoked widespread political and diplomatic reactions.
Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, ADC spokesperson Bolaji Abdullahi urged the Federal Government to take its constitutional duty of safeguarding lives and property more seriously.
“If we fail to recognise the scale of our crisis and allow others to exploit it, we should stop complaining and focus on addressing our problems,” Abdullahi stated.
Abdullahi, a former National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), accused the ruling party of mishandling the nation’s security challenges and living in denial about the severity of the situation. He recalled that the government had previously dismissed reports of religiously motivated attacks.
He called on the government to show humility by admitting that its current security strategies are ineffective and to renew its commitment to protecting all Nigerians.
“This situation requires humility from the government,” he said. “It must accept that the measures taken in the last two years have failed and get to work protecting Nigerians.
“When a government proves capable of protecting its citizens — Christians or Muslims — no foreign power will threaten to step in and ‘fix’ the problem,” Abdullahi concluded.