Tinubu, Buhari Were First to Tell US About Christian Genocide — Babachir Lawal

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has made a fresh revelation about President Bola Tinubu and former President Muhammadu Buhari.

Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, Lawal claimed that Tinubu, Buhari, and other APC leaders were the first to brief the United States government about the alleged killing of Christians in Nigeria during Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.

According to him, “Trump might be right, might not be right, but don’t forget, there was a delegation that first went to the United States to tell Obama then that Christians were being slaughtered in Nigeria. It included this man. Which man? The president (Tinubu). That APC delegation. I saw the picture. Buhari was there. Amaechi was there. I think he was the one even sitting close to the president where they went to lobby the Americans that the Goodluck government was carrying out genocide in Nigeria.”

He explained that it was ironic that those who once raised global concerns about insecurity in the country now deny the same issues under their own government.

Lawal added, “So these are the issues that beat your mind. They go there themselves and say it does happen. They come back and when we say it happened, they say, no, it doesn’t happen anymore because we are in government.”

The former SGF stressed that Nigerians are not interested in political blame games but simply want safety and protection of lives and property.

He said, “Forget about whether there’s genocide or not in Nigeria. The issue is that. Guarantee our security of life and our property. That is it. That’s all we want from government.”

Lawal, who has been a vocal critic of the current administration, said the government must focus on delivering real security rather than defending its record in the media.