President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, said yesterday the Red chamber will take Trump’s threat to the executive arm of government since the issue bordered on foreign policy and diplomatic relations, and will require coordinated national response
Recall that US President Donald Trump had last weekend, threatened to take military action against Nigeria, following allegations of genocide against Christians in the country.
He said:
“If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria.
“And may very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing,’ to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities.”
On the meeting with the executive, Senator Akpabio said:
“We have not discussed the issue of President Trump yet in chambers.
“We shall do so in combination with the executive because we believe it is a matter of foreign policy and diplomatic relations.
“I have refrained from taking any motion on that yet until we know the direction of government and what government intends to do.”
Meanwhile, yesterday, the Federal Government reiterated its earlier position that there is no genocide against Christians in Nigeria, warning that religious extremists who are behind the narrative, are out to divide the nation.
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said this after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
