The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has called on the United States (US) to avoid military intervention in Nigeria, instead urging President Donald Trump to collaborate with President Bola Tinubu to tackle ongoing security challenges.
Speaking in an interview on Channels Television, PFN President Bishop Wale Oke stressed that the Christian association does not want an American invasion of the country, despite what he described as targeted attacks on Christian communities in northern Nigeria.
"We do not want revenge, but we want an end to killings. For us, we do not want an American invasion of Nigeria. We want Donald Trump to work with our President and to hold our President accountable to stop the targeted killing and kidnapping of our members," he said.
The cleric suggested that Nigeria could request assistance from the United States in counter-terrorism training, stressing the value of every Nigerian life.
"If the President wants to ask for training in counter-terrorism, or wherever they know that America has expertise, let them ask for it," he said.
Oke added that all Nigerians, irrespective of faith, should be able to live, work, and practice their religion freely.
The PFN’s stance comes after reports that President Trump had labelled Nigeria a "country of particular concern" over alleged mass killings of Christians, directing the Department of War to prepare for possible action.
However, the Nigerian government has rejected claims of a Christian genocide, describing such assertions as false and divisive.
Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Idris said framing Nigeria’s security challenges as targeting a single religious group is inaccurate and harmful.
Similarly, the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs has attributed the violence to broader security issues rather than religious conflict.
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