The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, on Wednesday stated that insecurity increased in Nigeria following US President Donald Trump’s statement.
Gkingmusik reports that Bwala made this claim in an interview on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief, adding that the country is going through a difficult period.
Bwala said, “There are two theories behind the incessant security problems in Nigeria. The first is that as an election cycle approaches, these incidents tend to occur back-to-back.
“But there is an even stronger theory being discussed lately: after Donald Trump’s initial outburst, we began to witness repeated security incidents. Some people think it may be an attempt to justify talk of a possible military intervention in Nigeria.”
Bwala’s statement followed Trump’s decision to redesignate Nigeria as a “country of particular concern,” accusing the government of enabling what he described as Christian genocide.
Trump also warned the Nigerian government to act swiftly or risk US military intervention to fish out those responsible for unrest in the country.
Bwala said the Nigerian government is concerned not only with international perception but also with the actual experiences of citizens, and is working to end the security crisis.
According to him, Nigeria’s demographic and geographic complexities have created areas that remain difficult to administer.
He said, “Niger State is larger than some European countries. In northern Nigeria, which is different from the south, the cities are far apart. In the south, cities are close to each other, but in the north, travelling from one city to another feels like travelling to another country.
“Large expanses of land have little or no population and no government presence. These are the areas where these elements hide and operate from.”
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