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A security and policy analyst, Kabir Adamu, has said that the recent threat by the US President Donald Trump violates global order.
Adamu made this statement on Sunday while responding to questions in an interview on Arise Television monitored by DAILY POST.
He was reacting to the threat issued by President Trump, who said he had asked the Defence Department to prepare for possible military action in Nigeria if the Nigerian government “continues to allow the killing of Christians”.
“The escalation to attack a sovereign state is completely against the rules-based international system, which maintains that no country should threaten the sovereignty of another.
“Trump is attempting to consolidate his grassroots support. Nigeria needs to begin de-risking and de-escalating.
“During his first tenure, the same thing happened. He categorised Nigeria under the ‘Country of Particular Concern’. He lost re-election to the Democrat, and now he’s back, we are seeing the repetition of that cycle.
“Frankly, I’m not surprised because all the indicators that would have told us what’s going to happen were there. As early as March this year, the US Congress passed a resolution to that effect.
“Then in July, the United States Commission for Religious International Freedom also released a report on Nigeria and it was very clear in that report when it recommended the categorization of Nigeria under the ‘Country of Particular Concern’,” he said.
Trump’s threats violate global order, Nigeria must de-escalate — Adamu
