Kalu who is an All Progressives Congress lawmaker stated this while fielding questions from journalists on Tuesday.
Nigerian lawmaker, Orji Kalu has said U.S. President Donald Trump said the truth about k!llings in Nigeria.
Kalu who is an All Progressives Congress lawmaker stated this while fielding questions from journalists on Tuesday about U.S. concerns over attacks on Christians in Nigeria and Trump’s warning of possible military action.
“If it’s a lie, then the answer is that it’s not a lie because he said the truth. Nigerians are being killed, whether they are Christians or Muslims.
“There are jihadists who just want to destroy Nigeria. We should blacklist them without pity so that they will be smoked out.”
Kalu, a former governor of Abia State, disclosed that he had discussed Nigeria’s security challenges with two former U.S. Presidents—one Republican, one Democrat—and six serving U.S. Senators, all of whom expressed willingness to assist Nigeria in fighting terrorism.
“Before President Trump says a word, the American intelligence community must have found out where these terrorists are located,” he said. “You can see that the Nigerian Air Force is already acting, possibly using information shared by the U.S. to bomb terrorist hideouts. That’s how it should be.”
Identifying himself as “pro-America,” Kalu argued that global instability today can be traced to the U.S. invasion and elimination of Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi and Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, which he said triggered the proliferation of arms across Africa.
“When you killed Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein, it became a problem because those people were maintaining their borders. After their deaths, light and heavy arms spilled all over the world, and we are suffering from it today.”
Kalu dismissed speculation that the U.S. was targeting President Tinubu’s government, insisting that America’s focus was on jihadist groups destabilizing Nigeria.
“Nigerians are clapping hands and political opponents are thinking the U.S. is after Tinubu’s government. No! They are going after the jihadists.”