Former Nigeria’s Minister of International Affairs, Prof Bolaji Akinyemi, says it’s oil that dictated what President Donald Trump of the USA has completed in Venezuela.
Prof Akinyemi acknowledged this on Monday in an interview on ‘Politics At this time’, a programme on Channels Tv monitored by DAILY POST.
He was talking on invasion of Venezuela and the arrest of of its President Nicolas Maduro by the US forces.
“What made Trump to do what he did is the oil. This isn’t starting for a brand new 12 months though we mouthed Glad New 12 months. This can be a horrifying New 12 months of the world. It’s a victory of brute power over regulation. It’s a victory for brigandage over morality. Worldwide regulation has been brushed apart and the United Nations itself appears to be on trial.
I’m conscious that there’s a gathering of the United Nations that is happening proper now, however one can predict what the result of that to be. This could by no means been allowed. However we discuss sovereignty. This can be a lesson to all of us, together with Nigerians, that there’s a distinction between authorized sovereignty and energy sovereignty.
“It’s brute power that underwrites sovereignty. You’ll be able to declare your sovereignty from right here to eternity, however should you don’t have the financial power, the navy power to guard that sovereignty, you might be simply losing your time, and that is what we’ve simply seen.
“Within the case of Venezuela, you’ve made reference to Panama when, once more, the USA went into Panama, picked up the president there, put him on trial in the USA, and he was jailed and nothing occurred.
“I imagine that when issues like this occurred and also you enable the oppressor to get away with it, it occur once more. However my worry proper now could be, if the USA will get away with this, then what message are you sending to Russia, vis-a-vis Ukraine? What message are you sending to China vis-a-vis Taiwan? What message are you sending to the a number of nations within the northern a part of Africa who’ve issues with their neighbours. What message are you sending to Israel vis-a-vis Palestinians,” he requested.
