Presidency says Trump must get approval from Tinubu before US military action in Nigeria
The Special Adviser on Policy Communication to President Bola Tinubu, Daniel Bwala, has said that it would be diplomatically unacceptable for the United States to take any military operation in Nigeria without consent.
Bwala disclosed this in an interview with BBC World Service on Monday.
He maintained that Nigeria is a sovereign nation and that any form of foreign intervention in its internal security issues must be collaborative and respectful of its territorial integrity.
The comments of Bwala are coming after President of the USA, Donald Trump designated Nigeria a “country of particular concern” over the alleged persecution of Christians.
Trump further threatened to use America’s “Department of War” against terrorist groups he claimed were killing, maiming Christians in Nigeria.
“If it’s a joint operation with Nigeria, that’s acceptable,” Bwala said.
“But diplomatically, it is wrong to invade a sovereign nation without collaboration—especially one that remains a strategic partner in the fight against insecurity.
“Unilateral intervention only happens when there is evidence that a government is complicit in a crisis. That is certainly not the case in Nigeria,” said Bwala
