BREAKING: China Declares Support For Nigeria As Trump Warns Of Possible Military Action

BREAKING: China Declares Support For Nigeria As Trump Warns Of Possible Military Action

China has reaffirmed its steadfast support for the Nigerian government, declaring that it stands firmly with Nigeria as the nation guides its people along a development path aligned with its national realities.

The statement was made on Tuesday during a press briefing by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Mao Ning.

Ning’s remarks came in response to questions about U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of possible military action against Nigeria over alleged persecution of Christians.

In reaction, the Nigerian government urged President Trump to respect Nigeria’s sovereignty and refrain from any plans to deploy American troops to its territory.

Presidential aide Daniel Bwala, speaking on Russia National TV on Monday, described the allegations as part of a coordinated media effort to portray President Bola Tinubu’s administration as anti-Christian.

He emphasized that independent global observers and credible civil society groups have found no evidence of any government-sponsored religious persecution in Nigeria.

He had said: “We try our best to downplay the rhetoric because we know for sure that that can be the reflection of the realities on ground.”

He further alleged that U.S. senators such as Ted Cruz had been misled by IPOB sympathisers seeking to influence Washington’s foreign policy.

He continued: “The decision of President Trump is anchored on the various tweets and pushes by congressmen. And the congressmen rely on a data and report that were submitted by a separatist group in Nigeria called the IPOB, that there’s a genocide of Christians in Nigeria, which is false because all intelligence and non-governmental organizations that carry out research and data about killings in Nigeria, none but these two that have affiliation with IPOB that indicated that there is a Christian genocide. In fact, even the content of the data contradict that.

“I quite agree and let me tell you further. In fact, there is this investigative report that was conducted two weeks ago in Nigeria that suggested that that hoax, that narrative was amplified by the separatist group called the IPOB. Since 2016 that there is a Christian genocide and that the genocide is against them because they have a Jewish tradition. But the amplification now affected the people of the right wing of the Republican Party in the United States, which was pushed by Senator Ted Cruz and followed by Riley. These are senators who have lost the favor with the Baga base because they were considered, are still considered as people that have pandered so much to the AIPAC and the AIPAC agenda.

“So they are trying to reinvent themselves. That is why they now found a good distraction in Nigeria. That’s what the reports are saying.

“But we as a country, we try to be responsible enough to focus on the solution and not the problem. And our point is this, there have been killings in Nigeria because of the exceptional situation that we found ourselves. Our government has made massive progress in the fight against insecurity.

“And we’re calling on Donald Trump to assist us with military apparatus that is requisite for us to fight insecurity. We do not need the boots of the American soldiers in our soil. There has to be a respect of our territorial integrity.”