MBABANE:Nigeria has responded to Donald Trump’s threat of military action by suggesting it would welcome help tackling Islamist insurgents, but insists America must respect its Sovereignty, SkyNews reported on Sunday evening.
Posting on Truth Social, the US President claimed radical Islamists are committing "mass slaughter" and Christianity is "facing an existential threat" in the West African Nation.
It has been reported that, on Saturday, Trump asked officials to prepare for possible “fast" military action in Nigeria if the country fails to crack down on the killing of “thousands of Christians", it prompted a blunt response from Nigeria on Sunday.
“We welcome US assistance as long as it recognises our territorial integrity," Daniel Bwala, an Adviser to Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, told Reuters.
But Mr Bwala also sought to play down tensions between the two Nations, despite Mr Trump calling Nigeria a “disgraced country".
On Saturday, President Tinubu also pushed back against the claims of religious intolerance and defended his country’s efforts to protect religious freedom.
“The characterisation of Nigeria as religiously intolerant does not reflect our national reality, nor does it take into consideration the consistent and sincere efforts of the government to safeguard freedom of religion and beliefs for all Nigerians," Tinubu said in a statement.
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