If Africa followed your logic, we’d have invaded US over #BlackLivesMatter – Soludo tells Trump

Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra, says Nigeria’s security challenges are more complex than a Christian versus Muslim conflict. 

Speaking during a media chat on Sunday, Soludo said President Donald Trump’s threat to “protect Christians in Nigeria” oversimplifies the issues.

He said while the US has the right to hold opinions on global matters, any form of intervention must respect international law and Nigeria’s sovereignty.

“As a country, America has its own rights to have its own views about what is going on elsewhere,” he said.

“But when it comes to what it does, I am sure it must also act within the realm of international law.”

The governor said the Nigerian government should engage in a “deeper conversation” to address the concerns raised, adding that facts must be properly presented.

He said if Nigeria were to seek foreign assistance, it should be through formal requests for military support, technology, or hardware, not external threats.

Soludo dismissed any talk of invasion, saying the same logic would be absurd if African nations threatened to invade the US over racial violence.

“You had policemen killing some blacks… I remember the #BlackLivesMatter protest, and somebody would say maybe Africa should go and invade America because blacks are being killed? I’m not quite sure,” he said. (The Cable)