By Ogochukwu Isioma
United States President Donald Trump said Thursday he had ordered a deadly strike on Islamic State terrorists in Nigeria, who he had accused of persecuting Christians in the African country.
In a statement released on Truth Social midnight Thursday, Trump confirmed that the US, under his direction as Commander in Chief, conducted “a powerful and deadly strike” against ISIS-affiliated terrorists in northwest Nigeria.
The full statement reads: “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries!
“I have previously warned these Terrorists that if they did not stop the slaughtering of Christians, there would be hell to pay, and tonight, there was. The Department of War executed numerous perfect strikes, as only the United States is capable of doing. Under my leadership, our Country will not allow Radical Islamic Terrorism to prosper.
“May God Bless our Military, and MERRY CHRISTMAS to all, including the dead Terrorists, of which there will be many more if their slaughter of Christians continues.”
Trump has in recent months focused on the plight of Christians in Nigeria, including threatening military invasion and asking the US department of war to “prepare for possible action” and warning the US would enter Nigeria “guns-a-blazing” to protect the Christian population of Africa’s most populous country, after declaring Nigeria as a country of particular concern.
