Former presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dele Momodu, has said that United States President Donald Trump is convinced the Nigerian government is not serious or prepared to address the country’s worsening insecurity.
Momodu made the remark on Friday during an interview on Channels Television’s Morning Brief, monitored by DAILY POST.
The chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, urged the Federal Government to take Trump’s concerns seriously and act decisively.
The Edo-born politician lamented the incessant killings by gunmen and called on security agencies to identify and eliminate the criminal elements responsible for the unrest.
“The videos of President Trump that I have watched, it is beyond the usual let’s talk. I think he is convinced about the document that has already been presented to him.
“He is convinced that the Nigerian government is not serious, he is convinced that we are not ready, he is convinced that we are trying to buy time and return to our usual hanky-panky,” he stated.
Recall that Trump had, last Saturday, ordered the Pentagon to prepare a possible plan of attack in Nigeria, a day after warning that Christianity was “facing an existential threat” in Africa’s most populous nation.
In his post, Trump said that if Nigeria failed to stop the killings, the United States would strike, and “it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians.”
The US President has since reiterated his threat of possible military action in Nigeria over the alleged killings of Christians.
