02/11/2025
DONALD TRUMP AND HIS FALSE RELIGIOUS WAR THREAT AGAINST NIGERIA: THE REAL ISSUES.
It started like a mere allegation on the floor of the American senate. In less than three days, an official statement followed and after another two, a threat to invade the country.
The Trump administration is hell bent on keeping Africa in their captivity and wants to do everything to ensure that no African country becomes self sufficient in terms of energy and productivity. All they want is to ensure that Africa continues to depend on the west for eternity. Initially it was south Africa, by accusing them of taking land from white farmers. But because South Africa is in alliance with Russia and China, they thought twice and did not invade, especially after the white farmers told them to mind their business.
Now they turn to Nigeria and want to hide under the pretence of a religious war against the christians. Even we christians in Nigeria know that we are not being targeted for killings. It is obvious that the different sucurity challenges in different parts of the country have different cause. The ones in Zamfara is due to the gold mines, similar to what happened Rwanda, and Zamfara is a Muslim dominated state. That of the middle belt is the age long fight between farmers and herders, a fight that has been even before the amalgamation of 1914. It is older than Nigeria herself. We grew up to know about farmers and herders crisis in the middle belt, especially in Benue and platue. The insecurity in the south east has been on since the time of the Nigerian civil war. It was even in America and United Kingdom that it was re-birthed, with funding and military assistance from there. Nincompoops like Nnamd Kanu and Simon Ekpa brought this up again around eight years ago. Let us not forget that Chief Ralph Uwazurike did the same in the early 2000's when former president Olusegun Obasanjo was at the helm of affairs in the country. The insecurity in the north-west Nigeria is pure terrorism caused by the infiltration of millitia trained by Gadaffi. Let us not forget that it was the invasion of Libya and the killing of col. Gadaffi by the same United States that led to terrorism across the Sahara desert and iwards Nigeria. An action that former American president, Barack Obama described as his greatest mistake.
First it was a military coup that was thwarted, now a threat to invade the country. All because an African government is getting it right and may soon become the ultimate supplier of energy to the entire continent which will mean bad business for the USA.
If you think this is all about Christianity and the killings, better think again. This government is doing so many great things. It has stopped the exportation of so many raw materials, choosing to refine them locally to boost productivity. As the world's largest producer of Shea nut, this government has stopped exportation and have started refining locally, just exporting Shea butter. They are angry at our development. Dangote refinery just announced plans to upgrade the refinery to a M1.4 BPD refinery, making it the biggest in the world when completed. It means all American refineries will have to look for buyers elsewhere which is very difficult to find because Europe is sufficient in energy and Asia is up to the task. Their only dumping ground is Africa and Dangote is about to change that.
Any Nigerian that is happy that the "mad man" in white house is planning to invade Nigeria under the pretence of the allegation that christians are being persecuted and killed is a big fool. They are only after our mineral resources. Don't forget that we have large deposits of Lithium which is one of the most sort after minerals needed for the production batteries for the gadgets they produce and sell around the world. We are the world leading supplier of Shea nut, a raw material that the whole world depend on to produce body cream and many other cosmetic products. There are many other minerals that this government have stopped them from stealing due to the reforms going on in that sector headed Mr Dele Alake.
If there was ever a time for Nigerians to be united and fight our common enemies, it is now. The government must also take a clue from our former head of state, Gen. Sanni Abacha and do away with the USA and form alliance with nations that want us to progress. If we allow the American government to use religion to send us back to "Egypt", we will all be here to bear the brunt just as Libyans are bearing the aftermath effect of the American invasion and ousting of their leader. Libya has never known peace and they have long forgotten what economic prosperity they enjoyed under col. Gadaffi feels like.
A word, they say, is enough for the wise.
Written by,
Babajide A. Ajibose.
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