Trump: Nigeria’s Requires Responsible Leadership, Not Foreign Intervention – Sowore
Human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has said that Nigeria’s redemption depends on responsible leadership and not foreign intervention.
Sowore stated this in reaction to comments by former United States President, Donald Trump, who recently declared that Christianity faces an “existential threat” in Nigeria.
Trump, in a post on his Truth Social platform on Friday, described Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC)over alleged persecution and genocide against Christians.
“Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter. I am hereby making Nigeria a ‘country of particular concern,’” Trump said.
Responding via his verified X handle on Saturday, Sowore dismissed Trump’s claim as misplaced concern, saying the country’s real problem was not religion but leadership failure.
According to him, the state has consistently failed to protect its citizens—Christians, Muslims, and traditionalists alike—due to decades of corruption and bad governance.
“Nigeria should have long been cited as a country of concern for its persistent failure to protect its citizens. The government has failed to safeguard the vulnerable—children, women, students, workers, and the elderly—under the weight of corruption and illegitimate leadership,” Sowore said.
He acknowledged the suffering of Christian communities in parts of Benue, Plateau, Gombe, and Kaduna, but added that Muslim populations in states like Katsina, Zamfara, Borno, and Yobe also endure the same insecurity and hardship.
“Across the nation, Nigerians whipped by hunger, poverty, and displacement cry out for safety and dignity,” he added.
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