Mike Arnold, a Republican who is the mayor of the US city of Blanco in Texas, has made fun of Nigeria for demanding financial assistance while voicing resentment at US remarks about terrorism in the nation.
In an interview with Arise Television on Monday, he made the case that it is odd that Nigeria wants their money but does not want his nation to talk about terrorism in the nation.
His question was why a mineral-rich nation like Nigeria needs assistance from other countries.
“I don’t understand why a country with Nigeria’s mineral wealth has to go and beg for help to save her own people,” he remarked.
“Nigeria has a wealth of resources to help her people obtain stability or at least something.”
Stability is denied to displaced individuals, and their homes are abruptly demolished. It is horrifying.
“It is completely nonsensical to me that you want their money but don’t want the United States to come here and talk about terrorism.”
Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) and a human rights advocate, has asserted that the violence in Nigeria is not connected to the persecution of Christians or Muslims.
He clarified that it is not religion but instability and poor government that are to blame for the dismal scenario.
In response to increased efforts from certain U.S. politicians to designate Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) due to alleged Christian persecution, Sowore made this statement.
He charged that the government of Nigeria and the United States were acting hypocritically in their reactions to the continued murders occurring throughout the nation.
He contends that such assertions are deceptive and do not accurately depict the circumstances in Nigeria.
“Genocide is being committed against the poor, Muslims, Christians, and children,” he added in a statement. It is dishonest to try to divide it along religious lines.
Nigeria, he claimed, “does not check who carries a Bible or a Koran before counting the dead,” indicating that victims are not identified by religion.
In addition, Sowore criticized the United States for neglecting such situations in other countries.
Why does the US remain silent regarding Israel’s murder of Muslims in Gaza? International hypocrisy, he declared.
He emphasized that the true source of Nigeria’s insecurity is poor leadership and maintained that it transcends all geographical areas and religious traditions.
Nobody accuses the government of genocidal acts in a nation where hundreds of people are killed every day. “Irresponsible leadership and pervasive insecurity are the problem, not religion,” he continued.
The majority of attacks, which impact both Muslims and Christians, take place in the country’s north, Sowore noted.
Mosques are even targeted by gunmen in the North. He continued, “35 worshippers were slaughtered just now, and the attackers were probably Muslims as well.
Blaming religion, he cautioned, simply serves to absolve Nigerian officials of accountability.
“It is not a solution when the United States claims to want to defend Christians. He contended that even if all Christians were exterminated, murder would still occur.
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