NSA, security chiefs to brief media on Trump’s genocide allegation
The Office of the National Security Adviser and the nation’s security chiefs are set to brief the media on Monday afternoon in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent remarks alleging genocide against Christians in the country.
Director-General of the National Orientation Agency, Lanre Issa-Onilu, announced the development at the monthly National Joint Security Press Briefing held on Monday in Abuja.
According to him, the briefing will “provide adequate response to the allegations of genocide and update the media on the ongoing activities of the government to contain insecurity and other vices.”
The move comes amid widespread reactions to Trump’s post on his Truth Social platform last Saturday, where he accused the Nigerian government of allowing the killing of Christians and threatened to send U.S. troops to intervene.
“If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the USA will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing,’” Trump had said.
The controversial comment drew condemnation at home and abroad, prompting President Bola Tinubu to issue an official response reaffirming Nigeria’s commitment to democracy and religious freedom
