U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after a ceremony for the presentation of the Mexican Border Defense Medal in the Oval Office of the White House on December 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. In the build-up to the action, Trump had declared Nigeria a “Country of Particular Concern”, the US Congress had held hearings on Christian genocide claims; the NSA, the Army chief, and other jittery top officials had met with US authorities; and US lawmakers had visited Nigeria on a fact-finding mission. The military’s impotence stems from terrorists infiltrating its ranks, tacit backing from political elites, the absence of political will to ban open grazing, and provocative policies like incorporating “repentant” insurgents into the Armed Forces, pushing Nigeria to the brink of failed-state collapse.
Author: Punch Newspapers
Published at: 2025-12-28 23:20:47
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