Nigerian ex-Minister of Aviation has publicly backtracked on his previous statements on killings of Christians following recent remarks by US President Donald Trump, who hinted of a potential military action against Nigeria.
Femi Fani-Kayode, who initially warned that Christians were under siege in Nigeria, launched a scathing attack on Trump over his recent comments for threatening military action against Nigeria.
In a post on X on Sunday, Fani-Kayode described Trump as a “deranged and sociopathic megalomaniac,” accusing him of hypocrisy and double standards in his approach to global conflicts.
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Straightnews reported that Trump had on Friday designated Nigeria as a country of particular concern.
The US President cited what he described as ongoing violence against Christians and failure of the government to protect religious minorities.
However, Nigerian government had denied persecution of any religious group in Nigeria.
On Saturday, Trump also threatened military action against Nigeria.
However, Fani-Kayode alleged that Trump had ignored the atrocities committed by what he called the “Israeli Zionist Nazis” and the “UAE-backed RSF butchers of Darfur” while falsely labelling Nigerians as “killers of Christians” and attempting to brand the country with genocide claims.
Fani-Kayode also cited a message from a friend who condemned Trump’s remarks, describing them as “petulant and childish,” and calling on African leaders to recognize that Western powers are “not our friends.”
Reiterating his stance, the former minister warned that any attempt by the US to invade Nigeria would be met with resistance, saying the development should serve as a wake-up call for Nigerians to value courageous and patriotic leadership.
He said: “Imagine a deranged & sociopathic megalomaniac & tyrant, a recalcitrant and unrepentant schoolyard and dockside bully and a cheap and shameless godless scumbag like @realDonaldTrump
threatening our country with violence, military action and invasion. What a nerve!
“Trump, a fascist & an associate of the globally recognized Hitler of the 21st century, @netanyahu, has refused to call the Israeli Zionist Nazis and the UAE-backed RSF butchers of Darfur, Sudan mass murderers and genocidal maniacs but he is calling our people the “killers of Christians” and is desperately trying to label our nation with the genocide tag and create a crisis in Nigeria.
“Our Government must refuse to allow themselves to be hoodwinked by the words of middle-ranking American Government officials who are not members of the MAGA inner circle & who do not truly represent the very hardline and extreme views of the right-wing Christian fundamentalist & anti-Muslim forces that Trump holds dear.”
Based on this inflammatory statement, Nigerians have resurfaced a series of past tweets by Fani-Kayode.
In one of the old tweets on June 18, 2018, Fani-Kayode wrote: “The jihadists who killed the RCCG Evangelist for preaching in Abuja were set free. The ones who killed Bridget, the Deeper Life Pastor’s wife in Kano were set free. No Fulani terrorist has been reprimanded or jailed for killing more than 5,300 Christians in 2018 alone.”
In another post dated June 14, 2019, he stated: “Nigeria has had more Christians murdered, more Churches bombed and burnt and more clerics slaughtered than ANY other country in the world over the last 58 years.”
He also shared other tweets citing international and domestic voices about Christian persecution on January 22, 2018, he quoted U.S. Congressman Chris Smith, writing: “We have investigated the crises facing Christians in Nigeria today. Nigeria is the most dangerous place for Christians in the world and impunity for those responsible for the killing of Christians is widespread.”
On July 1, 2019, Fani-Kayode posted: “To show how Christians are easily manipulated imagine their inability to rise against the wanton killing of Christians but are quick to rally concerning a rape that occurred 20 yrs ago, achieving the goal of distracting attention from the Ruga headline” — Otoks Princewill. “FOCUS!”
And on February 4, 2020, reacting to then-President Muhammadu Buhari’s statement that “90% of Boko Haram victims are Muslim,” Fani-Kayode countered: “This is a lie. The overwhelming majority of communities that BH targets are Christian. The same with the Fulani militias. The killing of Christians in Nigeria is a common blood sport which shall continue as long as Buhari is President.”
Nigerians on social media have since pointed out the contrast between these earlier comments and his recent outburst against Trump.
