“People are killing themselves — Christians killing Christians…The people in the bushes are Emmanuel, Peter, John — all Christian names. Not about religion” – Soludo
According to THECABLE reporting, Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo has criticised U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent comments on alleged Christian persecution in Nigeria, describing them as “oversimplified” and inconsistent with international law.
Speaking during a media chat on Sunday, Soludo said Nigeria’s security challenges are far more complex than a Christian-versus-Muslim conflict. “People are killing themselves — Christians killing Christians,” he said. “The people in the bushes are Emmanuel, Peter, John — all Christian names — and they have maimed and killed thousands of our youths. It has nothing to do with religion.”
He urged the United States to respect Nigeria’s sovereignty, adding that any foreign involvement should come through formal requests for support, not threats of invasion. “America has its rights to have views about what is going on elsewhere,” Soludo said. “But when it comes to what it does, it must act within the realm of international law.”
Dismissing Trump’s threat to “protect Christians,” Soludo argued that if Africa followed similar reasoning, it would have justified intervention in the U.S. during the #BlackLivesMatter protests. “You had policemen killing some blacks… maybe Africa should go and invade America because blacks are being killed?” he asked.
He emphasised that dialogue and reform, not foreign intervention, remain the path to resolving Nigeria’s security crisis.