The Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin, has condensed the United States President, Donald Trump, for describing Nigeria as a disgraced country.
Jibrin also said Trump’s military threat, was “un-American” and “a violation of international law.”
The Deputy Senate President was seen in a viral video which trended on Friday, saying “but for now, for the president of the United States to come in and say, ‘Oh, you are doing this and we are going to attack you, and Nigeria is a disgraced country’ — this is quite unacceptable.”
“We feel that he should understand, then retract that statement and apologise to Nigeria.”
He said Trump’s utterances undermined diplomatic decorum and contravened established international law.
“It’s against international law. Whatever you feel about our country, follow the legal route. Go to the United Nations, get a resolution there, and then anything can come later. To bypass that route is quite unacceptable. It’s un-American,” he stated.
Jibrin told a gathering that applauded him, that Nigeria would not be intimidated by Trump’s threats.
Similarly, the Northern Elders’ Forum and the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria have criticised Trump for threatening the sovereignty of Nigeria.
The NEF accused Trump of engaging in a “dangerous pattern of foreign interference.”
The Miyetti Allah was outraged by attempts to link the association to terrorism and religious extremism.
Trump had, in a recent White House briefing, threatened to “take decisive action” if the killing of Christians continued in Nigeria.
NEF spokesperson, Prof. Abubakar Jiddere, said northern leaders and the people of the region would not tolerate any form of external meddling in the country’s affairs under the pretext of fighting insecurity.
“Nigeria is not an appendage of America. Donald Trump is violating international treaties of the United Nations on the principle of non-interference in the domestic affairs of other countries. And we here in the North are not going to tolerate that,” Jiddere said.
He said the United States orchestrated instability in Iraq, Libya, Sudan and Afghanistan it claimed to have helped, adding that American intervention caused chaos and suffering in such nations.
MACBAN described as faulty the resolution of the US House of Representatives calling for sanctions against the group for alleged violations of religious freedom
The allegations were “baseless and malicious,” the National President of MACBAN, Alhaji Baba Othman-Ngelzarma said, adding that the association was concerned that its name was being dragged into what he called a politically motivated campaign.
“This is a very serious allegation coming from the US Congress. We are surprised to be included in such an allegation,” he said.
According to MACBAN leader, the association was already collecting documents to defend its position before the appropriate authorities.
Othman-Ngelzarma maintained that Miyetti Allah was a legitimate, law-abiding body representing pastoralists across Nigeria and had no link with any criminal group.
