President Donald Trump of the United States of America has placed US soldiers on red alert for possible war in Nigeria, according to President Trump, the US Department of War should prepare US troops for possible military action in Nigeria if the Nigerian government continued to allow the killing of Christians, the US troops “may very well go into that now disgraced country, “guns-a-blazing,” to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities”, this, President Trump issued on Saturday evening inline with Greenwich meridian time after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu personally signed a statement rejecting Trump earlier claim on Friday that Christians are being targeted and killed in Nigeria, although President Bola Ahmed Tinubu disagreed with Trump who had described the high level of insecurity in Nigeria as a religious war by Islamic terrorists against Christians, but, some Nigerians quickly took to the comment section of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu post on X social media platform, and pasted a screenshot of a tweet published by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on January 29, 2014, wherein, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu apparently had long accepted and agreed that the insecurity in Nigeria is possibly a religious war against Christians in the West Africa country, verbatim, in the tweet, Tinubu said; “The slaughtering of Christian worshippers is strongly condemnable, It calls to question the competence of Jonathan (then President of Nigeria) to protect Nigerians”, this old statement by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu indicated that President Donald Trump of the United States of America may not be the first person to describe the insecurity in Nigeria as a religious war against Christian communities in the West Africa country.

President Trump in his latest policy statement via his Truth Social media platform on Saturday evening, said and in quotes that; “If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, “guns-a-blazing,” to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities. I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our ChERISHED Christians! WaRNING: ThE NiGERIAN GoVERNMENT BeTTER MoVE FaST!”

According to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, “Nigeria stands firmly as a democracy governed by constitutional guarantees of religious liberty.

Since 2023, our administration has maintained an open and active engagement with Christian and Muslim leaders alike and continues to address security challenges which affect citizens across faiths and regions.

The characterisation of Nigeria as religiously intolerant does not reflect our national reality, nor does it take into consideration the consistent and sincere efforts of the government to safeguard freedom of religion and beliefs for all Nigerians.

Religious freedom and tolerance have been a core tenet of our collective identity and shall always remain so. Nigeria opposes religious persecution and does not encourage it. Nigeria is a country with constitutional guarantees to protect citizens of all faiths.

Our administration is committed to working with the United States government and the international community to deepen understanding and cooperation on protection of communities of all faiths”.

US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, in a tweet on Friday had said that “The ongoing slaughter of thousands of Christians in Nigeria by radical Islamists and Fulani ethnic militias is both tragic and unacceptable. As President of the United States said, the United States stands ready, willing, and able to act”.

In a swift reaction, Nigeria Presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga replied to the tweet and said that: “Dear Secretary Rubio, there is no ongoing slaughter of thousands of Christians in Nigeria. This is a gross exaggeration of the Nigerian situation. What we do have are sporadic attacks on some villages by bandits and terrorists and the attacks are religiously insensitive.

Christians, Muslims, churches and mosques are attacked randomly. What our country requires from America is military support to fight these violent extremists in some states of our country, not designation as a nation of particular concern. Secretary Rubio, Muslim lives matter too”.

President Donald Trump in a statement through his Truth Social media platform on Friday, had said; “Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter. I am hereby making Nigeria a “CoUNTRY Of PaRTICULAR CoNCERN” — But that is the least of it.

When Christians, or any such group, is slaughtered like is happening in Nigeria (3,100 versus 4,476 Worldwide), something must be done! I am asking Congressman, Riley Moore, together with Chairman, Tom Cole and the House Appropriations Committee, to immediately look into this matter, and report back to me.

The United States cannot stand by while such atrocities are happening in Nigeria, and numerous other Countries. We stand ready, willing, and able to save our Great Christian population around the World!”