05/11/2025
10 Reasons Why Nigeria Is A Disgraced Country: Donald Trump Is Absolutely Correct
1. EXTREME CORRUPTION - Among the World's Most Corrupt Nations
Nigeria scored only 26 out of 100 on the 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index, ranking 140 out of 180 countries. This makes Nigeria the 36th most corrupt country in the world, sharing this shameful position with Uganda, Mexico, Madagascar, Iraq, and Cameroon. Nigeria's historical performance shows an average score of only 21.48 points since 1996, meaning corruption has been institutionalized for decades.
Evidence: While countries like Seychelles (72), Cabo Verde (62), and Rwanda (57) have implemented strong anti-corruption frameworks, Nigeria remains stagnant, with over two-thirds of countries globally performing better. The corruption is so systemic that it affects every sector—from oil to public procurement to the judiciary.
2. MASSIVE OIL THEFT - Billions Lost to Organized Crime with Government Complicity
Between 2009 and 2018, Nigeria lost approximately $41.9 billion to oil theft. According to NEITI, Nigeria lost over 619.7 million barrels of oil valued at $46.16 billion to various forms of oil theft and pipeline vandalism between 2007 and 2020. Nigeria lost 13.5 million barrels of crude oil worth $3.3 billion to theft and pipeline sabotage between 2023 and 2024 alone.
Evidence: Senator Ned Nwoko stated that Nigeria loses more barrels of crude oil than some OPEC members produce, with losses of over 200,000 barrels per day. This is not petty crime—it is industrial-scale theft involving collusion between oil thieves, corrupt officials, and even security forces. The stolen oil finances terrorism, armed groups, and leaves Nigeria's economy bleeding while a few enrichrich themselves.
3. THE BIAFRAN GENOCIDE (1967-1970) - State-Sponsored Mass Starvation
The Nigerian federal government's blockade of Biafra during the civil war resulted in a famine that cost at least one million lives, with some estimates reaching three million deaths. Nigerian federal leaders obstructed the passage of relief supplies and stated that starvation was a deliberate tactic of war.
Evidence: Obafemi Awolowo, vice chairman of the Federal Executive Council and Commissioner of Finance, openly declared: "All is fair in war, and starvation is one of the weapons of war. I don't see why we should feed our enemies fat, only to fight us harder". This was genocide by starvation. Britain's Labour government secretly provided large quantities of arms to Nigeria which helped enforce the blockade, with British policy shaped mainly by oil interests in Shell/BP. Mostly women and children starved to death. The international community witnessed this horror, yet Nigeria faced no consequences.
4. POST-WAR ECONOMIC DECIMATION OF THE IGBO - The £20 Pound Policy
After the civil war, Nigeria implemented a coordinated policy of pauperizing the Igbo middle class by offering a twenty-pound ex gratia award to all Igbo bank account holders irrespective of the amounts they had lodged with banks before the civil war.
Evidence: Imagine depositing millions of naira in your bank account, only to be told after a war that you can only withdraw £20—regardless of your actual balance. This was economic annihilation. This was followed by the Indigenization Decree of 1972 at a time when Igbos had no money, no patronage, and no access to loans to compete for companies. Landed property owned by Igbo was declared "abandoned property" particularly in Port Harcourt. The Federal Government systematically stripped the Igbo of their wealth, property, and economic power—yet declared "No Victor, No Vanquished."
5. STATE-SPONSORED CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE - 7,000+ Christians Killed in 2025 Alone
More than 7,000 Christians have been killed in Nigeria in 2025 alone—an average of 35 per day. At least 7,087 Christians were massacred in the first 220 days of 2025—a daily average of 32 Christians killed per day, with 7,899 others abducted. Since 2009, between 50,000 and 100,000 Christians have been killed, and more than 19,000 Christian churches have been attacked or destroyed.
Evidence: Since 2009, approximately 125,009 Christians and 60,000 "liberal Muslims" have been killed, 19,100 churches destroyed, over 1,100 Christian communities displaced, and more than 600 Christian clerics abducted. The Fulani Ethnic Militia was responsible for 47 percent of all civilian killings, more than five times the combined death toll of Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (11 percent combined). Yet the Nigerian government protects these Fulani jihadists and refuses to prosecute them. President Tinubu and northern governors defend the perpetrators while Christians are slaughtered daily.
6. MILITARY COMPLICITY IN CHRISTIAN KILLINGS - Jihadists in Uniform
Emeka Umeagbalasi of Intersociety told The Tablet that the Nigerian military has been "complicit" in the killing of Christians, tracing this to President Muhammadu Buhari's administration, accusing him of filling the military with fellow Fulani tribesmen who act as sentinels for jihadist Fulani herdsmen.
Evidence: Umeagbalasi stated: "The Nigerian security forces, especially the military and police crack squads, are the greatest problem facing the country's Christians," noting a large rise in Islamic radicalization within Nigeria's military with "jihadists conscripted through the back door". This is state-sponsored terrorism. The military, which should protect all citizens, has been weaponized to enable the slaughter of Christians, particularly in the Middle Belt and South.
7. CHIBOK GIRLS & BOKO HARAM ABDUCTIONS - Government Failure and Negligence
On 14 April 2014, Boko Haram kidnapped 276 mostly Christian schoolgirls from Chibok in Borno State. On 14 April 2021, seven years after the initial kidnapping, over 100 of the girls remained missing. As of April 2024, ten years after the abduction, 82 girls remain in captivity.
Evidence: Since 2014, Amnesty International has documented at least 17 cases of mass abductions in which at least 1,700 children were seized from their schools by gunmen. Since 2014, according to Save the Children, more than 1,600 children have been abducted or kidnapped across northern Nigeria. The Nigerian government's Safe Schools Initiative—launched after Chibok—has been "bogged down by bureaucratic roadblocks and allegations of corruption." Girls continue to be kidnapped, r***d, forced into marriage, and used as su***de bombers while the government does nothing.
8. THE LEKKI TOLL GATE MASSACRE - Shooting Unarmed Protesters
On the night of 20 October 2020, at about 6:50 p.m., members of the Nigerian Army opened fire on unarmed End SARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos State. Amnesty International stated that at least 12 protesters were killed during the shooting.
Evidence: A judicial panel found there had been 48 casualties, including 11 people killed and four people missing, during what it described as a "massacre". Shortly before the shootings, CCTV cameras at the Lekki toll gate were removed by government officials and the electricity was cut—a clear attempt to hide evidence. The next morning, Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) trucks with brushes were brought to the scene "to clean up bloodstains and other evidence," and police officers "tried to cover up their actions by picking up bullets". Governor Sanwo-Olu denied any deaths, while Information Minister Lai Mohammed called it a "phantom massacre." Yet evidence, testimonies, and the panel's findings confirm: The Nigerian Army massacred peaceful protesters waving the Nigerian flag and singing the national anthem.
9. IMPUNITY AND COVER-UP CULTURE - No Accountability for Atrocities
Since the assault at Lekki, Nigerian authorities have targeted supporters of the protests, with some movement supporters having their bank accounts frozen. Government officials and the military continue to deny that anybody was killed during the protests while restating their resolve to punish leaders of the movement.
Evidence: Investigations by Amnesty International indicate that since the protests were violently dispersed, several of the movement's leaders have been arrested, tortured, and their bank accounts were frozen. Many others have fled into exile. Five years later, no soldier, no police officer, no government official has been prosecuted for the Lekki massacre. Instead, the victims are persecuted, their accounts frozen, and they are charged with "terrorism" for demanding justice. This is a disgraced nation where the government murders its citizens and punishes those who seek accountability.
10. SYSTEMIC MARGINALIZATION OF THE IGBO - Over 50 Years of Structural Exclusion
In over 63 years of Nigeria's independence, the presidency has rotated only between the North and South-West, leaving the South-East marginalized from national leadership. The systematic exclusion of Igbos from key positions in government, military, and public sector has persisted since the end of the civil war.
Evidence: The "Federal Character" policy—meant to ensure ethnic balance—has been weaponized against the Igbo. Key political offices, military appointments, and federal agencies are dominated by Hausa-Fulani and Yoruba, while Igbos are systematically excluded. It is easier for an elephant to pass through the eye of a needle than for an Igbo person to become president under the current political structure. The 2023 Lagos demolitions of Igbo properties, the 2024-2025 intensification of demolitions targeting Igbo businesses—all are extensions of this systemic hatred. The war never ended; it simply changed weapons from bullets to policies, from bombs to economic exclusion, from genocide to marginalization.
CONCLUSION: DONALD TRUMP IS RIGHT
When President Donald Trump called Nigeria a "disgraced country," he was not exaggerating—he was stating a fact. Nigeria is a country that:
- Starved over 3 million of its own citizens to death (Biafra genocide)
- Strips bank accounts of an entire ethnic group to £20 after a war
- Massacres peaceful protesters and covers it up
- Loses billions of dollars to oil theft with government complicity
- Allows 7,000+ Christians to be killed annually while defending the killers
- Kidnaps over 1,700 children and does nothing to rescue them
- Ranks 140 out of 180 in global corruption
- Infiltrates its military with jihadists who kill Christians
- Systematically marginalizes an entire ethnic group for over 50 years
- Freezes bank accounts and arrests citizens who demand accountability
- This is not governance. This is state-sponsored terrorism, ethnic cleansing, economic sabotage, and systematic oppression. Nigeria is indeed a disgraced country, and until there is accountability, justice, and genuine reform, it will remain so.
~ Article Written By Chuka Nduneseokwu, a Dibia Owu Mmili, Odinala Igbo Researcher, African Revolutionary, and Igbo Philosopher