The United States government in the wee hours of Friday launched massive attacks on targeted terrorists locations in Nigeria.
President of the US, Mr. Donald Trump confirmed ordering the Department of War to open the much touted war against terrorism in Nigeria.
ScreenRecording_12-26-2025 02-27-00_1A video posted along with Mr Trump’s message showed a targeted being hit in the early hours of Friday.
A statement released by Trump his social media platform, Truth which was quoted by the White House explained the reason behind the attacks.
Trump was quoted as stating, .@POTUS “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries!”
Trump reminded that he had previously warned those he called “these Terrorists” that if they did not stop the killings, there would be repercussions.
He said “there would be hell to pay, and tonight, there was. The Department of War executed numerous perfect strikes, as only the United States is capable of doing. Under my leadership, our Country will not allow Radical Islamic Terrorism to prosper. May God Bless our Military, and MERRY CHRISTMAS to all, including the dead Terrorists, of which there will be many more if their slaughter of Christians continues.
DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA”
NPO Reports that Trump had earlier tagged Nigeria a country of particular interest alleging what he called Christian genocide.
Trump had vowed that his country would intervene in the alleged killings of Christians “gun-blazing”
In his declaration then, Trump had stated, “Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria,” Trump wrote. “Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter. I am hereby making Nigeria a ‘COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN’.”
The Nigerian government has denied such allegations in the past. But critics warn that designating Nigeria a “country of particular concern” could pave the way for future sanctions.
The Nigerian government had countered US saying no killing is targeted at people of a particular faith.
Daniel Bwala, an aide to President Bola Tinubu had responded to Trump thus:
“We welcome US assistance as long as it recognises our territorial integrity,” Daniel Bwala, an adviser to Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, told Reuters.
Tinubu himself would himself that America was unjust in its characterisation.
“The characterisation of Nigeria as religiously intolerant does not reflect our national reality, nor does it take into
consideration the consistent and sincere efforts of the government to safeguard freedom of religion and beliefs for all
Nigerians,” Mr Tinubu said in a statement.