The National Security Advisor to the President of Nigeria, which the United States is threatening with military intervention due to “connivance in the killing of Christians,” visited the US Department of War (Pentagon).
According to Pentagon Press Secretary Sean Parnell, a delegation led by the National Security Advisor to the President of Nigeria, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, met at the Pentagon with US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
During the meeting, the parties discussed ways to achieve specific goals. progress on “ending violence against Christians” and “combating terrorist groups” in Nigeria.
Hegseth said the Abuja government must take urgent and sustained action in this area, and expressed the US desire to work with Nigeria “to contain and weaken terrorists that threaten the United States.”
According to ABC News, the meeting, which was also attended by US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Cain, was not announced to the public in advance and took place behind closed doors.
US Statements Regarding Nigeria
On October 31, US President Donald Trump, in a post on Truth Social, declared Nigeria a “Country of Particular Concern” on the grounds of “turning a blind eye to the mass murder of Christians.”
On November 1, the US President said that aid to Nigeria would be cut off immediately and he could use armed force against the country, adding: “I am directing the Department of Defense to be prepared for possible
According to the US Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED) project, there have been 1,923 attacks on civilian targets in Nigeria this year, but only 50 of them were aimed directly at Christians.