President of the United States of America, Donald
Trump, on Monday said recent killing of Christians in Nigeria were not
acceptable to his government.
He said his government and that of Nigeria would be
working hard to resolve the problem.
Trump said this shortly before he entered into a
closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at his Oval Office in the
White House, Washington, D.C.
“We have met before, we have a great relationship. I
look forward to our discussion today again, especially as it relates to terrorism.
Terrorism here, terrorism all over the world is a hotbed and we are going to be
stopping them.
“Also, we have had very serious problems with
Christians who are being murdered in Nigeria. We are going to be working on
that problem very, very hard because we cannot allow that to happen,” he said.
Trump, who said his government had decimated ISIS over
the last 12 months, said Boko Haram had been terrible.
He then asked Buhari how he was handling the issue of
the abducted Chibok and Dapchi girls.
The President said his administration had not given up
on the remaining Dapchi girl and the Chibok girls.
“Chibok girls’ kidnap was before we came. We rescued
some of them.
“The Dapchi girls were 106, we rescued 100 back, four
died, one is still in captivity. We are very grateful to the United Nations
that is acting as a go-between and is helping out. We have not given up on the
Dapchi girl,” he said.
Buhari insisted that the crisis in Libya caused by
Muamma Ghadafi was responsible for herdsmen killings.
He thanked the US government for its support in the
Federal Government’s fight against terrorism.
He said, “On security, I am very grateful to the
United States for agreeing to sell to us the aircraft we asked for and the
spare parts.
“We are even more grateful for the physical presence
of the United States military who are training in our institutions and who also
go to the front in the North East to see how they are doing.
“The commitment of the United States to get rid of
terrorism across the world, we have first hand experience of that and we are
very grateful for it.
“The problem of cattle herders is a very long
historical problem. What is of a concern is that before now the Nigerian
herders are known to carry sticks and machetes and cut follies for their
animals but these ones are carrying AK 47.
“So I don’t think we should underrate Libya, 43 years
of Gaddafi people were being recruited from the Sahel and people were being
killed. With his demise, they moved from their country and their region with
their training and their weapons and that is what aggravated the situation.
“We are doing our best to make ensure we stop the
cross border movement and so on. It will take time.
“We are happy with the United States trying to see the
end of ISIS. This has helped us a lot because the Boko Haram in Nigeria had one
time made a statement that they belong to ISIS.
“Now that ISIS has been virtually gone we are very
happy with that. We are stabilising the situation in Nigeria.”
Killing of Christians in Nigerians not acceptable, Trump says
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