A recent threat from former President Donald Trump to potentially launch US military action in Nigeria has been met with widespread pushback from Nigerians across religious divides. Trump cited the need to stop the “killing of Christians,” but local leaders from both faiths were quick to correct this oversimplification. They emphasize that the nation’s complex conflicts, often driven by competition over land and resources, claim Muslim and Christian lives alike. While some see the international attention as a wake-up call, there is a unified call for diplomacy over foreign intervention. This unexpected external threat has, ironically, fostered a rare moment of national unity, with citizens and officials asserting that the path to peace must be forged by Nigerians themselves, not by foreign troops.
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