Genocide: Don’t treat Trump’s warning with levity – Eze tells Tinubu
Former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has cautioned President Bola Tinubu against treating with levity, the designation of Nigeria as a “country of particular concern” by President Donald Trump of the United States.
Eze warned that rather than weep up what he describes as disgraceful sentiments over Trump’s position on terrorism and genocide, Tinubu should act decisively and show boldness in tackling terrorism, banditry and the masterminds of the rampant killings going on in the country under his nose.
Eze insisted that Tinubu should trade with caution and avoid joining issues with the US President, hinting that the White House has credible, reliable and technological intelligence on what is going on in Nigeria.
In a statement on Wednesday, Eze said, “This is not a statement we should take for granted unless we are claiming ignorance of the consequences we may face as a country should Trump walk out his threat.
“President Tinubu and his errand boys should not mistake Trump’s statement as a gutter statement but one that should be treated with every sense of seriousness it deserves.
“For Trump to advise Tinubu to ‘Stop the killings of Christians in your country now or we will come in and do it for you’ means the US government has the interest of Nigeria and Nigerians at heart, having seen the country’s democracy thrive for more than 26 years uninterrupted.
“For Godsake, how could a rational being try to politicize a harmless advise or see Trump’s statement as divisive, reckless or anti Islam.
“These terrorists, bandits, kidnappers etc are our common enemies. They are killing, maiming and destroying properties, farmlands, livestocks and committing all sorts of clandestine and heinous crimes against humanity, activities.
“Therefore, rather than unleash his attack dogs, fifth columnists, paper tigers and propagandists on Trump, I urge the Tinubu administration to look inwards with a view to adhering to Trump’s statement” Eze cautioned.
The APC chieftain recalled that in January 2014, Tinubu had criticised then President Goodluck Jonathan over the killing of Christian worshippers in the North-East, saying it was his duty to protect Nigerians.
Eze recollected that Tinubu had said that Jonathan was weak and incompetent for not being able to protect the Christian worshippers who were killed in Borno and Adamawa states.