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Director-General of the National Orientation Agency, Lanre Issa-Onilu, has said the allegation of genocide by the US President, Donald Trump, is as a failure of intelligence.
The NOA DG said this is not the first time that the U.S intelligence failed, saying that it failed in Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan.
Issa-Onilu stated this Monday, at the monthly National Joint Security Press Briefing held in Abuja.
“An allegation of genocide against Christians in Nigeria by the President of the United States of America is not true. This is not the first time that the intelligence of the United States failed Americans. It failed in Iraq, it turned out that there was no weapon of mass destruction and they apologised, it failed them in Libya, I think this is another error in intelligence gathering,” he said.
The DG, while acknowledging that there are security challenges, said the killings are not targeted at any religion or tribe, adding that the government and security agencies are serious about ending insecurity in the country.
“Beyond that, we know that there are issues of insecurity in Nigeria and there are killings. However, the killings are not targeted at any religion and the government and security agencies are working round the clock to nip it in the bud.
“Just recently, the same United States commended Nigeria for the arrest of two major leaders of terrorist groups. We just listened to the NFIU on how Nigeria has been removed from the grey lists. Grey list means blacklist of countries that are not doing well in tracking movement of illicit funds. The international body in charge of that confirmed what Nigeria is doing in terms of tracking terrorism financing.”
The NOA boss further stated that the recent shake-up among Nigeria’s security chiefs demonstrated that the country was working seriously to strengthen its internal security and address communal and religious violence.
“A country that is not working seriously on the issue of security will not take such drastic steps as the President just took last week, changing the top echelons of the military to ensure that the system is rejigged and empowered to do more
“The same United States of America lifted the sanctions on the sale of arms to Nigeria. They are only to those countries that they believe are using the weapons responsibly,” he said.
Genocide: Trump’s allegation shows U.S intelligence has failed – NOA
