In an odd improvement, overseas policy expert Dr Walid Phares has urged US President Donald Trump to determine an emergency base in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, claiming that Port Harcourt is the principle port metropolis of the Biafra area.
He claimed that this was to discourage Boko Haram and different jihadist teams in Nigeria and to cease their massacres of Christians and threats towards reasonable Muslims.
Phares, who additionally serves as Co-Secretary Common of the Transatlantic Parliamentary Group, in a publish on his X deal with on Sunday, claimed that such a transfer would allow the speedy deployment of worldwide humanitarian support, particularly help from American church buildings.
DAILY POST reported that Trump final week designated Nigeria as a rustic of specific concern.
The US President cited what he described as ongoing violence towards Christians and failure of the federal government to guard spiritual minorities.
Nonetheless, the Nigerian authorities denied persecution of any spiritual teams in Nigeria.
On Saturday, Trump went forward to threaten army motion towards Nigeria if nothing is finished in regards to the matter shortly.
He wrote: “To discourage #BokoHaram and different jihadist teams in Nigeria—and to cease their massacres of Christians and threats towards reasonable Muslims— I counsel the #Trump administration to determine an emergency base in #PortHarcourt, the principle port metropolis of the #Biafra area.
“Such a transfer would allow the speedy deployment of worldwide humanitarian support, notably help from American church buildings. President @realDonaldTrump has issued two sturdy statements condemning the jihadist assaults on Nigerian Christian communities and has directed the Secretary of Warfare to arrange contingency plans for the “safety of communities” in Nigeria, ought to the federal authorities fail to cease the jihadists—as has been the case for years in northern and central Nigeria. Within the meantime, focused strikes towards jihadist forces may be thought-about.”
