US President Donald Trump has warned the Federal Government to act decisively in ending the genocide against Christians in Nigeria.
Trump, in a statement on his Truth platform on Saturday, warned the President Bola Tinubu-led government to “move fast” in ending the insurgency against “cherished Christians” in Nigeria.
The President pledged to send US troops to Nigeria to help fight insurgency and end the genocide against Christians in the country.
“If the Nigerian government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the USA will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and we may very well go into that disgraced country guns-a-blazing to completely wipe out the Islamic terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities,” he wrote.
“I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action,” he added.
The US President also stated that “If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorists thugs attack our cherished Christians.
“Warning:terrorist The Nigerian government better move fast.”
Trump’s recent statement comes after he designated Nigeria as a ‘country of particular concern’ in response to allegations of a Christian genocide in the country.
Trump announced his decision in a Truth Social post on Friday.
“Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Thousands of Christians are being killed,” Trump said.
He blamed radical Islamists for the “mass slaughter.”
“I am hereby making Nigeria a ‘COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN,’” he declared.
Trump said when Christians are slaughtered like is happening in Nigeria (3,100 versus 4,476 worldwide), something must be done.
![Rev. Fr. Anthony Odiong, a US-based Nigerian Louisiana Catholic priest, was arrested in Florida on Tuesday for possessing child pornography, according to law authorities. The suspect is reportedly accused of many other cases of sexual assault. The Waco, Texas, Police Department announced in a Facebook post on Tuesday that officers detained Father Anthony Odiong in Ave Maria, Florida, with assistance from the United States Marshals Service. Waco police announced in March that they had received "credible information" about a sexual assault allegedly committed by Odiong in Texas in 2012. “During the subsequent investigation, a case of possession of child pornography was uncovered,” the police said. The priest was apprehended in Florida by the Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force. The Waco Police Department said that he will be extradited to Texas. Odiong had previously served in the Archdiocese of New Orleans before being removed as priest in December of last year due to controversy over homilies in which he claimed, among other things, that the Catholic Church was being taken over by "the gays." At the time, the priest was also accused of abusive behaviour; a Louisiana lady claimed in U.S. bankruptcy court that Odiong had committed both financial and sexual abuse against her. Prior to joining the New Orleans Archdiocese, Odiong served in at least two Texas parishes. On Tuesday, Waco police stated that during their sexual assault investigation, "the presence of other survivors was revealed." “Multiple women have come forward to tell similar experiences as the sexual assault survivor who reported the initial allegation,” the police department said. “Survivors’ experiences ranged from sexual assault and indecent assault, more commonly recognised as groping, and financial abuse, with some survivors experiencing every element of Anthony Odiong’s manipulation.” The police said they “believe there may be more survivors, and we wish to speak with anyone who [has] had similar encounters” with the priest. The Archdiocese of New Orleans issued a brief news release on Tuesday noting Odiong's arrest in Florida. The archdiocese “encourages anyone with any information to contact law enforcement,” the release said.](https://chronicle.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ezgif-6-4730550ede-450x300.jpg "Odiong: US-based Nigerian Catholic priest convicted over sexual assault")
