African Democratic Congress (ADC) leader and Ovation Magazine publisher, Dele Momodu, has strongly rejected claims that the Nigerian opposition was behind President Donald Trump’s recent statements regarding Christians being targeted by armed groups in Nigeria.
Appearing on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Friday, November 7, Momodu, the Ovation Magazine publisher, asserted that those suggesting the opposition influenced Trump’s comments have “run out of ideas.”
“Look, my brother, anyone who sees opposition behind this is just being clear that they have run out of ideas,” Momodu said.
He challenged the rationale behind the accusation, specifically questioning, “The opposition that is trying to put its act together now has time to go to Washington?” He criticized the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for consistently shifting blame to others for national problems, including their own predecessors.
Momodu called on President Bola Tinubu’s administration to stop politicizing critical issues and instead prioritize tackling the escalating insecurity plaguing the nation.
“If you know of a man called El-Buba in Jos, I’ve been to his church before. He has cried out that Christians are being targeted and wiped out,” the ADC chieftain argued.
“He never said Muslims aren’t being killed, but life has become so cheap that even when 100 people die, the president can still travel that night. No empathy, no sympathy. That’s what opposition is talking about — and it has nothing to do with politics.”
Momodu’s remarks were a direct rebuttal to earlier claims made by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.
Earlier that week, Wike, appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today, alleged that the opposition was responsible for Trump’s decision to label the killings in Nigeria as a Christian genocide, calling it “politics taken too far.”
When asked if he believed the opposition was responsible, Wike replied, “It is very obvious, and I have said this.”
He elaborated with his theory: “The opposition today has seen that no party is prepared to challenge the President returning to power… ‘What do we do? Should we allow him to just go in like that without challenges? We must do something, and one of the things to do is bring up such a thing that will divide the country.’”
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