United States President Donald Trump has claimed that the US military played a key role in ending the killing of Christians in Nigeria.
Trump made the remark on Friday during an event in Washington, where he highlighted his administration’s security operations and counterterrorism efforts in different parts of the world.
According to the US President, American intervention in Nigeria significantly reduced attacks allegedly targeting Christian communities, particularly in areas affected by insurgency and violent extremist activities.
“As you know, we recently struck Nigeria and largely ended the slaughter of great Christian populations,” Trump said.
He described the situation before the alleged intervention as severe, claiming that thousands of innocent people, including women, children and the elderly, had been killed in brutal attacks.
“They have a great Christian population. They were being butchered. Thousands and thousands of people were being killed—children, women, old people—just being slaughtered, hacked to death,” he said.
Trump further claimed that the military action dealt a significant blow to those responsible for the attacks.
“They know that if they go further, the attack will be far greater and that they don’t want to really get involved anymore so much. We hit them very hard. We knocked out their leader. We knocked out their second leader and their third leader,” he added.
Trump did not provide details of the alleged military operation, including when it took place, the location, or the groups targeted. As of the time of filing this report, there has been no official confirmation from the Nigerian government or the US Department of Defense regarding the claim.
