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Political commentator and author, Reno Omokri, has rejected claims by United States Senator Ted Cruz that the Nigerian authorities is supporting coercion and facilitating a “Christian genocide.”
Speaking connected ARISE News connected Monday, Omokri described the allegation arsenic “ludicrous and based connected misinformation,” adding that the claims by Cruz and different American politicians were rooted successful mendacious narratives astir Nigeria’s information crisis.
He explained that helium had invited a two-man fact-finding delegation from the United States to Nigeria to assistance close the misconceptions being circulated successful Washington.
“When Senator Ted Cruz began this communicative astir a Christian genocide, and Governor Greg Abbott followed on with Congressman Chip Roy, I felt it was my patriotic work to scope retired to Republican officials who genuinely privation to cognize the truth,” Omokri said.
He revealed that the delegation — comprising Mike Arnold, Republican Mayor of Blanco, Texas, and filmmaker Jeff Gibbs — had already met with leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), arsenic good arsenic visited internally displaced persons (IDP) camps crossed the country.
“Before coming, they briefed Senator Cruz and Congressman Roy. They’ve present seen things for themselves and spoken with some Christian and Muslim leaders,” Omokri said.
He stressed that portion attacks against Christians person occurred successful Nigeria, they are not grounds of genocide, arsenic some Christians and Muslims person suffered from violent violence.
“Yes, determination are killings of Christians successful Nigeria, and anyone who denies that would beryllium dishonest. But determination are besides killings of Muslims,” Omokri noted.
“When terrorists onslaught Benue, astir of the victims are Christians due to the fact that Benue is Christian-dominated; erstwhile they deed Zamfara, astir victims are Muslims. So determination is nary Christian genocide.”
Omokri attributed the basal of the country’s insecurity to the aftermath of the 2011 NATO involution successful Libya, which destabilised the Sahel region.
“This situation began erstwhile the Obama medication intervened successful Libya. After Gaddafi fell, his mercenaries dispersed crossed the Sahel with weapons and training. They destabilised the portion from Burkina Faso to Mali and Niger. Now they are trying to bash the aforesaid successful Nigeria,” helium explained.
The erstwhile statesmanlike adjutant besides accused the U.S. of motivation complicity, saying, “There is simply a motivation work connected the United States due to the fact that this occupation was brought to Nigeria’s doorstep by the Obama administration.”
Omokri said the ongoing U.S. fact-finding ngo aims to forestall the misclassification of Nigeria arsenic a “country of peculiar concern,” a determination helium warned could worsen insecurity.
“If Nigeria is designated arsenic a state of peculiar concern, it volition lone embolden terrorists and punish mean Nigerians — both Christians and Muslims,” helium cautioned.
Political commentator and author, Reno Omokri, has rejected claims by United States Senator Ted Cruz that the Nigerian authorities is supporting coercion and facilitating a “Christian genocide.”
Speaking connected ARISE News connected Monday, Omokri described the allegation arsenic “ludicrous and based connected misinformation,” adding that the claims by Cruz and different American politicians were rooted successful mendacious narratives astir Nigeria’s information crisis.
He explained that helium had invited a two-man fact-finding delegation from the United States to Nigeria to assistance close the misconceptions being circulated successful Washington.
“When Senator Ted Cruz began this communicative astir a Christian genocide, and Governor Greg Abbott followed on with Congressman Chip Roy, I felt it was my patriotic work to scope retired to Republican officials who genuinely privation to cognize the truth,” Omokri said.
He revealed that the delegation — comprising Mike Arnold, Republican Mayor of Blanco, Texas, and filmmaker Jeff Gibbs — had already met with leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), arsenic good arsenic visited internally displaced persons (IDP) camps crossed the country.
“Before coming, they briefed Senator Cruz and Congressman Roy. They’ve present seen things for themselves and spoken with some Christian and Muslim ...
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