The African Democratic Congress (ADC), has said no one is accusing the President Bola Tinubu of sponsoring a genocide against Christians in Nigeria but added that the ruling party perceives any sort of criticism as an attack.
National Publicity Secretary of the ADC, Bolaji Abdullahi, said this on Tuesday, during an interview on Channels Television programme, Politics Today.
Abdullahi said this against the backdrop of the redesignation of Nigeria as a ‘Country of Particular Concern’ over allegations of Christian genocide by President Donald Trump of the United States.
Trump, who disclosed the decision of his country last week about Nigeria, also said he had asked the Defence Department to prepare for possible military action in Nigeria if the Nigerian government “continues to allow the killing of Christians”.
“Nobody is accusing this government of persecuting Christians or religious bigotry. They are missing the point,” Abdullahi said.
“They (APC) think any form of criticism is an attack on them, and they have demonstrated historical incompetence. The type of government we have is like someone making people embarrass him.
“Unlike the APC, we are not seeing what’s going on—especially the declaration as a ‘Country of Particular Concern’—as opportunism.
“We feel embarrassed as Nigerians that outsiders are framing our security challenge along these lines that can further divide us.”
