Former Senator Shehu Sani has rebuked the threat by United States President Donald Trump to take military action against Nigeria. He recently described Trump’s remarks as unacceptable interference and reiterated Nigeria’s right to sovereignty and dignity.
In a statement shared on X, Sani shared that Nigeria is not a disgraced country and will never be a disgraced nation.
According to him, because the future generation will ask how Nigerians reacted to the public shaming of Nigeria by the president of the United States, he is publicly opposing the allegation.
The former lawmaker stated that he’ll always be against any form of foreign military aggression against his nation.
“Some day we will all be gone. The future generations, including our children and grandchildren, will read about all that we posted and ask questions about where we stood on the urgent and controversial matters in this moment of our lifetime.
I want history to record me among those who outrightly opposed, rejected, and unreservedly condemned any act of Mr Trump’s foreign military aggression against my country under any guise, disguise or excuse,” he said.
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Acknowledging that Nigeria has been battling with serious security challenges over the last 15 years, he welcomed “any support and assistance to our security forces that will help in crushing and annihilating terrorists in our country.”
Sani, however, concluded by insisting that such support must respect the country’s sovereignty.
“Anyone who is proud of his mother who gave birth to him after months of labour in his ancestral land will not accept his land being called ‘disgraced’.
We are not a nation that has ever colonised, enslaved or invaded any country or countries and dropped bombs and kill millions of people and plunder their resources; Without such record against other countries, we can’t be called ‘disgraced’.
Nigeria is the only country we can live without a visa permit because it is ours.
As a democrat, I respect but will never share the opinion of those who think otherwise, and want history to register them as supporters of foreign aggression.
Terrorists and bandits in Nigeria kill and kidnap their victims irrespective of their religious beliefs. The records have been self-evident in the last 15 years.
Looking at the Muslim/Christian ratio in Nigeria, it’s technically impossible for one faith to persecute another. Nigeria is a lion and tiger situation, not a lion and a zebra configuration,” he added.
