Activist and political commentator Omoyele Sowore has condemned the recent U.S. military strikes in Nigeria, asserting that only competent and informed Nigerian leadership—not foreign powers—can effectively protect the nation and its citizens.
Sowore shared his views on X, responding to reports that U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth authorized attacks on alleged terrorist groups in Nigeria on Christmas Day.
“Although the Nigerian government now claims it was aware and describes the operation as a joint effort with vague ‘international partners,’ it is evident that the strikes were carried out without the genuine authority or informed consent of the weaklings masquerading as government under President Bola Tinubu,” Sowore said.
He further criticized the U.S. for conducting the operations, reportedly targeting a village in Sokoto, arguing that the strikes demonstrated a lack of understanding and genuine concern for Nigeria and its people.
“It is deeply troubling that Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, lacks the capable and sovereign leadership required to protect its people and its territory,” he said, adding that the country has effectively become a bystander while its sovereignty is compromised under U.S. direction.
Sowore emphasized that only “true, tested, and informed leadership” within Nigeria can safeguard its citizens, warning against reliance on foreign powers or “imperiled, jaundiced neoconservatives operating from Washington, D.C.”
His remarks have intensified ongoing debates over foreign military involvement in Nigeria and the nation’s capacity to independently address its security challenges.
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In a situation where Tinubu’s government is more interested in party members defections to his party rather than the state of insecurities in Nigeria, what then should have happened? Nigerians should continue to groan in pain and misery over senseless killings and kidnappings???